3t). CYMOLUTES. 207 



and one- fourth of the total. A few small scales behind the orbit ; a 

 posterior canine tooth. Caudal rounded ; ventral pointed ; dorsal 

 spines very slender and flexible. A broad light band, Aviih a blackish 

 one above or below, runs from the operculum to the caudal ; body with 

 longitudinal series of blue dots ; head with curved blue transverse 

 lines. Dorsal with four violet longitudinal lines and with a violet 

 spot between the second and third spines. 

 Coasts of West Australia. 



a. Adult : skin. Swan River. 



b-g. Adult and half-grown : skins. Australia. 



h. Half- grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



36. CYMOLUTES. 



Xyrichthys, sp., Cm: Sf Vul. 



Novacula, sp., Steindachner in Vcrhandl. Zool. Bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1861 , 

 p. 133. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with small scales ; snout rather 

 elevated ; head naked ; lateral line interrupted. No posterior canine 



_9 A 3(2) 



Indian Seas. Western Pacific. 



tooth. Formula of the fins : D. j^^. A. 



1. Cymolutes praetextatus. 



Jiilis praetextata, Quoy 6f Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 712. pi. 15. fig. 4; 



Cttv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 505. 

 Xyrichthys torquatus, Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 54. pi. 392. 



novaculoides, BUok. Amhoina., iii. p. 122. 



Novacula xyrichthyoides,5/e^/;.iVa<?<MrA;. Tydsclir.Nederl.Ind. x. p.488. 

 Cymolutes praetextatus, Gitnth. Aim. S,- Maff.Nat.HistASdl, viii. p.387; 



BM,: Ail Ichth. p. 14fi. tab. 31. fig. 1. 



D. 1. A. ^. L. lat. 80. 



12 12 



Greenish, with a brownish -black, blue-edged band across the 

 shoulder. 



Celebes, Amboyna, Java, Mauritius. 



a-h. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



2. Cymolutes leclusii. 



Xyrichthys lecluse, Quoy^ Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 284. pi. 65. fig.l. 

 microlepidotus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 52. 



D. ^. A. -^. L. lat. 80. 



Uniform brownish. 

 Sandwich Islands. 



