PEBCID.E. 52] 



A deep black band from the eye to above 



the base of the caudal fin 5. S. monogramma, p. 522. 



Longitudinal white streaks on sides. Several 

 irregular and wide dark vertical body- 

 bands 6. S. cancellatus, p. 623. 



A light band over the opercles, and a longi- 

 tudinal light line along the body 7. S. vosmeri, p. 524. 



A. dark-edged light band from eye to tail . . 8. S. leucotcenia, p. 524. 



A silvery line between lateral line and dor- 

 sal, no other light bands 9. S. ciliattis, p. 525. 



693. (l.) Scolopsis bimacnlatus. 



Scolopsis bimaculatus, Riijypell, Atl. Fische, p. 8, t. ii, fig. 2 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 85, pi. xxi, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



D. 10/9. P. 18. A. 3/7. C. 17. L. 1. 48. L. tr. 4|/14. 



Length of head about 4, height of body 3| to 3^ in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, 1 from end of snout, 

 and apart. Fins dorsal spines strong, the fourth the highest ; 

 second anal spine stronger but shorter than the third; caudal 

 lunate. Colours greyish, becoming dull white on the abdomen ; 

 a broad light opercular band. Branchiostegal membranes blood- 

 red. A brownish band over the snout, and one or two blotches 

 on the lateral line, the first large, or the two may be joined. 

 Pins orange, becoming reddish externally. Eyes silvery. 



Hob. Bed Sea, seas of India and China. 



694. (2.) Scolopsis phaeops. 



Scolopsides phjeops, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1831, i, p. 165. 



Scolopsis phaeops, Day, Fish. India, y. 85, pi. xxii, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



D.10/9. P. 16. V.l/5. A. 3/7. C. 17. L.I. 46-48. L.tr.5/16. 



Length of head 4 to 4, height of body 3f to 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4| in length of head, 1| from end of snout, and lj 

 apart. Fins dorsal spines moderate, increasing in length to the 

 fourth, which equals one third of the height of the body ; third 

 anal spine longer than the second but not quite so strong, and 

 equalling two sevenths of the height of the body ; caudal forked, 

 upper lobe somewhat the longer. Colour greenish olive above 

 the lateral line, becoming yellowish white below ; a narrow light 

 band along the back close to the base of the dorsal fin. A wide 

 bright blue band from the eye to the upper jaw, and from the 

 posterior edge of the eye to the axilla, where it ends in a blue 

 spot. Fins reddish. 



Hal. East coast of Africa, seas of India ; not uncommon off 

 Sind. Specimens were taken 9 inches in length. 



