BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 883 ' f— . 



Corns CORONATA. ' ' .r... 



D. 9/11. A. 2/11. Lat. 55. O ^'^ 



The height of the body and length of the head each 4^ in thfe^ (L 

 total lengtli. Caudal rounded. Anterior dor.sal spines low. 

 Body with three or four broad faint ill-defined bands across the f*^ 

 back, the first sometimes as though composed of large spots. This 

 ends above in a dark spot on the anterior dorsal spines and a 

 dibtinct baud across the base of the pectoral. A spot before and 

 behind the eye, one on the side and another near the rays of the 

 nape. These form together a circle of spots around the head, but 

 are sometimes replaced by small irregularly scattered spots on the 

 head. Under parts pink, the base of the scales bearing each a 

 pink triangle. The dorsal bands sometimes nearly obsolete, the 

 pectoral band and soft dorsal ocellus constant. 



Locality, Murray Island. Collected by Mr. K. Broadbent. 



Heteroscarus tenuiceps. 

 D. 14/9. A. 2/12. Lat. 36. Tr. 4/8. V. 1/4. P. 14. 



The height of the body is 2|, the length of the head 3 in the 

 length, s.c. Orbit 4|, snout and interorbit each 3^ in the length 

 of the head. Lower jaw with a median suture. Head naked, 

 minutely rugose, pi'ofile sloping at a low angle from the dorsal 

 and tumid over the orbit. Three series of scales on the oper- 

 culum. Jaws equal. Preoperculum denticulated. Anterior 

 dorsal spines not fiiamentose. Dorsal and anal sheathed at their 

 base. 



Colour, after long maceration in spirits, ferruginous with a few 

 brown blotches. No markings discernible. 



Length 2^ inches. Received from the South Australian 

 Institute. 



In a second specimen the attenuation of the head is not so 

 pronounced. The fish is evidently very near to B. Castlenaui, 

 Macl., but it has the normal number of anal spines, and the 

 abnormal median suture in the lower jaw, and it lias no trace of 

 lines upon the head. 

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