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214. Lepidaplois niesothorax (Bloch £ Schneider). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3920; length 5.5 in.). 



Labrus mesothoraz Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichih.. 254, 1S01, India. 



Cossyphus mesothorax, Gunther, Cat., iv. 103 (Ceram; amboyna ; Hleeker, Atlas, i, 159. pi. xxxvm, fig. 4 (misprinted m< 

 tyorax in text). 



215. Labroides paradiseus Bleeker. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3n43; length '2 and 2.75 in.). 

 Labroides paradiseus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., n, 249, Banda; Atlas, I. pi. xuv, fig. 2. 



216. Thalassoma lunaris (Linnseus). 



( In ! specimen from Bacon I no. 3995; length 4.75 in. ). A small patch of scales on upper part of opercle; 

 anal with 2 spins. 



Labrus lunaris Linnaeus, Syst Nat., ed. x. 283, lToS. India. 

 Julis lunaris Bleeker. Atlas, i. SO, pi. xxxm. fig. 5. 



217. Novaculichthys macrolepidotus (Bloch). 



One specim n from Bacon (no. 3918: length 4 in.). This specimen seems to have more dusky on the sidi - 

 than any othi is so far examined, there being a wide, more or less interrupted, black band from head to caudal. 



Labrus ma< rolepidotus Bloch. Ichth., vin, 109. pi. cclxxxiv, 1797, East Indies. 

 fo 'i. iii:, 1, thus ,,ee roll /;, tint us. Bleeker. Atlas. I. 144. pi. XXXI, fig. li. 

 Xovat ula mat rolt [.itlotu. Gunther, Cat., iv. 174 (Mozambique). 



218. Halichceres scapularis (Bennett). 



- \ .n specimens from Bacon (no. 3840, 3963 to 3965, and 4147 to 4149: length 2 to 6.25 in.). These 

 form a perfect s Ties in size and intergradation of color from the figure and descriptions givi n by Bleeker and 

 Day to the young as drscrib d by .Tordan and S: ale. There can be no doubt that GuTiiheria cceruleovittata, 

 Platyglossus scapularis, and //. cymatogrammus are one and the same specie s, the difference in color markings 

 bi ing due to age. 



.lulls scapularis Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. .See. Lond. 1831, 167, Mauritius. 

 (runtheria cceruleovittata Bleeker. Atlas, i. pi. xxxu. fig. 2. 

 Plalyglossus scapularis. Day. Fishes India, 4C0. pi. lxxxv, fig. 4. 



Hal chares cymatogrammus Jordan & Seale. Proc. I". S. Nat. Mus., xxvm, 1905 (July 3), 786, fig. 8, Negros, Philippine 

 Islands. (Young.) 



219. Halichceres purpurescens (Bloch oc Schneider). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 4014: length ."> in.). 



1 ttiirus purpurescens Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth.. 2ti2. 1801. 



Platyglossus purpuraseens. Gunther, Cat., iy. 158; Bleeker, Atlas, t. 108, pi. xlv, fig. 1. 



220. Halichceres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider). 



Two specimens from Bulan (no. 4075 and 4076; length 5.2 and 6.5 in.). 



Labrus nigrescens Bloch & .Schneider. Syst. Ichth., 263, 1801. 

 Halichceres nigrescens Bleeker. Atlas, i. lis, pi. x.xxvn, fig. 4. 



221. Halichoeres niiniatus (Kuhl & Van llasselt.) 



Seven specimens from Bacon (no. 4003 and 4213; length 1 to 3 in.). 



.1 nits miniotus Kuhl & Van llasselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 1'oiss.. xm. 337 (460), Java; Gunther, Cat., iv, 15U. 

 Unlit-harts ntijiititus. Bleeker, Atlas. I. 114. pi. XLI. fig. 5. 



222. Halichoeres guttatus (Bloch). 



Five specimens from Bacon (no. 3753 and 4000; length 2.5 to 2.75 in.). 



Labrus guttatus Bloch, Ichth.. pi. cclxxxviii. fig. 2, 1797, New Holland. 

 ; .ilirus nrgus Bloch & Schneider. Syst. Ichth., 263, 1801. 

 <Platyglossus guttatus, Gunther, Cat., IV, 155 (Sumatra; Cerain; Chusan). 

 Halichceres guttatus, Bleeker. Atlas, 1. 124, pi. XXXV. fig. 1. 



