656 DR. A. GtJNTHEH ON NEW FISHES [Nov. 21, 



The height of the body is contained twice and three fourths in the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice. The 

 diameter of the eye is one third of the length of the head, and much 

 less than that of the postorbital portion. PrEeorbital strongly ser- 

 rated. Lateral line continuous. The second dorsal spine is rather 

 shorter than the third, and contained four times and one fourth in 

 the total length (without caudal). The third anal spine longer than 

 the second, but considerably shorter than the second of the dorsal. 

 Body with a silvery longitudinal band ; the membrane between the 

 second and third dorsal spines and a band along each caudal lobe 

 blackish. 



One specimen (no. 256), 2| inches long, from the Godeffroy 

 Museum ; it is from Rarotonga (Cook's Islands). 



This species is undoubtedly distinct from our specimens from 

 Celebes and the Seychelles named A. urotcenia, and easily distin- 

 guished by the difference in the size of the eye. But we may hesi- 

 tate to affirm its distinctness from the specimens from Amboyna and 

 Wahai, described by Bleeker under the same name. He states that 

 the diameter of the eye is two fifths or one third of the length of the 

 head (Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. 1852, p. 257), an amount of variation 

 as I have never observed it in Ambassis. 



Apogon savayensis. 



D. 7\l A. f. L. lat. 26. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and two fifths of the total (without caudal). The width of the in- 

 terorbital space is two thirds of the diameter of the eye, which is 

 two fifths of the length of the head, and equal to that of the post- 

 orbital portion. Only the posterior edge of the prseoperculum is 

 finely denticulated. Dorsal spines feeble : the first minute, the third 

 the longest and as long as the eye. Caudal fin subtruncated. Ven- 

 tral fins extending to the vent. Bronze-coloured ; an oblique black- 

 ish band from the eye to the angle of the praeoperculum. A black- 

 ish cross band on the back of the tail, about three scales broad, and 

 not extending downwards beyond the lateral line. 



One specimen (no. 78) from Savay (Samoa Islands), 2-i- inches 

 long, has been obtained from the Godeffroy Museum. Two other 

 examples, 3^ inches long, have been sent from Manado by Dr. 

 Meyer. 



This species appears to be closely allied to A. bandanensis (Blkr.) ; 

 but our specimens have no bands on the body, and Bleeker does not 

 mention the oblique band on the cheek, which, however, is more 

 distinct in the specimen from Savay than in those from Celebes. 



Priacanthus meyeri. (Plate LVII.) 

 D.§. A.£. L. lat. 48. 



The height of the body is more than one half of the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head three sevenths. Eye 

 enormously large, one half of the length of the head. The posterior 



