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Genus Halichceres Ruppell. 



123. Halichoeies notopsis (Kuhl & Van Hasselt). 



No. 8i28a-.x", C. M. A large number of very small specimens were 

 taken from rock-pools at Colombo. Four or five longitudinal stripes 

 are very conspicuous. The tail is abruptly white. The largest 

 specimen, two inches long, shows only faint traces of the stripes, except 

 on the head, where they are still evident. 



Genus Thalassoma Swainson. 



124. Thalassoma liinare (Linnaeus). 



No. 8129a, C. M. Two small specimens were collected. 



125. Thalassoma hebraicum (Lacepede). 

 No. 8130C, C. M. One small specimen. 



Family SCORPID.F:. 

 Genus Monodactylus Lacepede. 



126. Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus). 



No. 8131a, C. M. Two specimens three and one-half inches long. 

 They differ from Day's picture in showing only a trace of the second 

 black bar which passes the base of the pectoral, the first bar scarcely 

 shows below the eye, and the dorsal and anal lobes shade into jet-black. 

 They are, however, identical with specimens of similar and larger size 

 from the Philippine Islands, from New South Wales, and from the 

 Samoan Islands. The latter have the first bar obscure. 



Family EPHIPPID.^. 

 Genus Drepane Cuvier & Valenciennes, 



127. Drepane punctata (Gmelin). 

 No. 8132a, C. M. One specimen. 



Family CH.^TODONTID^. 

 Genus Ch^todon Linnaeus, 



128. Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus. 



One specimen. It differs from the figure given by Day {Fishes of 

 India, PI. XXVII, fig. i) in having the dorsal solid black (not with a 

 basal black bar and the fin edged with black) and in having the anal 



