630 DR. A. gOnther ox reptiles and [Nov. 7, 



the head one third of that of the trunk. Coloration either uni- 

 form brownish, or light coloured with numerous narrow brown 

 cross-bands. 



Several specimens, not in a good state of preservation, of which 

 the largest is 6| inches long. 



MaSTACEMBELUS OPHIDIUM, sp. n. 



D. 31-32/103. C. 7. A. 1/116. 



Body exceedingly slender, subcylindrical, its depth being one 

 third of the length of the head. Eostral appendage very short. 

 Vertical fins continuous, the vent being much neai'er to the 

 end of the snout than to the caudal fin. Dorsal spines short and 

 feeble, the distance of the foremost from the operculum being only 

 half the length of the head. Length of the head one third of that 

 of the trunk. Scales minute. Coloration apparently uniform 

 brownish. 



Several specimens, not in a good state preservation, of which 

 the largest is II5 inches long. 



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Cheomis hoeei, sp. n. (Plate LVIII. fig. A.) 



D. ^^ A J.. L. lat. 28. L. transv. t 



8 6 9 



Teeth distinctly bicuspid, the cusps being subequal and slightly 

 tinged with brown ; from twenty-eight to thirty-one on each side 

 of the outer series of the upper jaw. Cheeks naked or only with 

 a few extremely thin scales. In a specimen nearly 5 inches long 

 the diameter of the eye is nearly equal to the depth of the soft 

 part of the cheek and a little less than the width of the praeorbital 

 and of the interorbital space, which is flat. The angle formed by 

 the prseopercular limbs is a right one. The height of the body is 

 somewhat less than the length of the head and one third of the 

 total (without caudal). The longest dorsal spine is the last and is 

 two fifths of the length of the head. Pectoral fin extending to, 

 or nearly to, the origin of the anal. Caudal scaleless. Scales rough, 

 some with the margins ciliated. Body light greenish, with more 

 or less conspicuous incomplete brownish cross-bands on the upper 

 part of the body. The largest specimen has the cheek and snout 

 ornamented with irregular deep brown spots ; the soft dorsal and 

 the caudal fin with scattered ocelli ; a milky-white spot between 

 the last two anal rays. 



Three specimens, the largest 4| inches long. 



Chromis tajs^&anic.e, sp. n. 



D. ,-T-T-. A. „-Vn. L. lat. 32. L. transv. 



11-12" ^'-* 9-10" •"•'""• "^- -iJ. L/inuo,. e & i small ones. 



Allied to C. squnmipinnis. 



Teeth small, with an obliquely dilated and notched apex ; thirty 

 on each side of the outer series of the upper jaw ; scales below the 

 eye in three series ; in a specimen nearly 4 inches long the dia- 

 meter of the eye exceeds the width of the praeorbital and the depth 



