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140. M. CiERULEO-MACULATUS, Lacep. 



141. M. TROSCHELII. 



M. troschelii, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. xvi. p. 277; Act. 

 Soc. Sc. ludo-Neerl. vi. Sumatra, viii. p. 80; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 448. 

 Hab. Seychelles ; Ceylon ; East-Indian archipelago. 



F1STULARI1D.E. 



142. FiSTULARIA SERRATA, Bl. 



Centriscid^. 



143. Amphisile punctulata, Bianc. 



Labyrinthici. 



144. OsPHROMENUs olfax, Commers. 



PHARYNGOGNATIII. 



POMACENTRID^. 



145. POMACESTRUS BANKANENSIS, Bllcr. 



146. Glyphidodon ccelestinus, Soland. 



147. G. septemfasciatus. 



G. septemfasciatus, Cuv. & Val. v. p. 463 ; Gviuth. Fish. iv. p. 40. 



The specimens obtained at Seychelles do not materially differ from 

 those previously described, except in the great width of the inter- 

 orbital space, which is once and a half the diameter of the eye. 

 Length 8 inches. 



148. G. soRDiDus, Forsk. 



149. Heliastes cinctus, sp. n. 



D. j|. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 2/8. 



Diagnosis. — Height of body contained twice and a half in the 

 total length, or twice in that without caudal ; the length of the head 

 is contained four times and two-thirds in the former, or thrice and 

 three-fifths in the latter. Teeth in the jaws in a single series, with an 

 outer series of larger ones in the front of the lower jaw. Width of 

 prseorbital more than half the diameter of the eye. Breadth of in- 

 terorbital space equal to the diameter of the orbit. Posterior limb of 

 praeoperculum straight, not en^arginate ; the cheek-scales are in three 

 series, and do not cover the prseopercular margin. Prseorbital naked. 

 Spines of dorsal slender, the middle being slightly longer than the 

 })Osterior ones ; they decrease gradually in length from the seventh to 

 the first; the soft portion is higher than long; one of the longest 

 rays is more than once and two-thirds the length of the longest spine. 



