230 Zoological Society :— 
two-thirds in its distance from the snout ; the anal commences below 
the third dorsal ray. A very narrow band of short conical teeth in 
the upper jaw—one of the lateral teeth being somewhat larger than 
the others, recurved, canine-like. The lower jaw with a single series 
of teeth, the anterior being narrow incisors, whilst the outermost on 
each side is distinctly a canine tooth, corresponding to that in the 
upper jaw. Rose-coloured, with dark-rose transverse spots, each 
spot having an edge of deep-red dots. 
Two specimens, 18 inches long, are in the collection. 
21. PLATYGLOSSUS DISPILUS, N. Sp. 
D.*. A.=. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 2/9. The height of the 
eae 
body equals the length of the head, and is contained four times and 
one-fourth in the total. Caudal fin rounded, with the lobes very 
slightly produced. Greenish olive, with a roundish black spot edged 
with silvery, on the lateral line, below the fifth and sixth dorsal 
spines; the side of the head with five or six pearl-coloured streaks, 
some of which are continued on the body, forming a series of round 
spots. An oblong variegated blotch behind the pectoral fin: it is 
composed of three pearl-coloured stripes, enclosing two yellow bands, 
each of which has an undulated purple edge. No spot in the axil of 
the pectoral. A short oblique yellowish streak behind the base of 
each soft dorsal ray ; these streaks form a continuous band on the 
spinous portion. Anal fin with two or three whitish lines; caudal 
with several irregular reddish longitudimal bands, which are conver- 
gent behind. 
Young specimens are much more plain-coloured ; the black spot 
on the lateral line, however, is very distinct, and there is another at 
the root of the caudal. 
Capt. Dow’s collection contains a single young specimen ; but Mr. 
Salvin has brought a second, apparently adult, it being 53inches long, 
22. PsEUDOJULIS NOTOSPILUS, 0. sp. 
Dag ge Ae = Welatg2on 6 Liotransy: 2 The height of the 
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body is rather less than the length of the head, and contained four 
times and a quarter in the total. Dorsal spines pungent ; caudal fin 
slightly rounded. Brownish or yellowish olive; young specimens 
with a silvery band along each side of the trunk, above the pectoral 
fin. Back with four or five indistinct broad brown cross bars; a. 
series of blotches on the dorsal fin corresponds to these cross bands, 
one of them, on the three first soft dorsal rays, being the largest and 
most distinct ; it is of a deep black colour, and of an ovate form. 
The corners of the caudal fin are white ; ventral whitish, with a broad 
blackish outer margin. 
One adult specimen, 4 inches long, and several young ones are in 
the collection. 
23. Jutis Lucasana, Gill. 
24, DINEMATICHTHYS MARGINATUS, Ayres. 
