398 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



7. Platyglossus Icawarin, D. ■^, A. y\, L. ]. 28-29. Head with blue lines and spots. Each scale below 

 lateral-line with a central rosy spot forming longitudinal bands. A black spot from last dorsal spiae to second 

 ray. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



8. Platyglossus nebulosm, D. ^, A. ■^, L. 1. 28. Body with light and dark blotches and spots. Two 

 black spots on dorsal fin. Red Sea and seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



9. Platyglossus scapularis, D. ^, A. -f^, L. 1. 27. A broad red, blue-edged band from the shoulder to the 

 back of the tail. Red Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



10. Platyglossus bimaculatus, D. ■^, A. ^, L. 1. 27. Violet bands radiating from the eye._ A black 

 white-edged spot under the ninth or tenth scales of the lateral-line. Red Sea, Bast coast of Africa, seas of 

 India. 



1. Platyglossus notopsis, Plate LXXXIV, fig. 4. 



JuUs notopsis, (Euhl. and v. Hass.) Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 290. 



? Julis notopsis, Cuv. and Val. xui, p. 485. 



Julis phaiopus, Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 291 (old age). 



Platyglossus notopsis, Bleeker, Labr. p. 11, and Atl. Ich. i, p. Ill, t. xli, figs. 1 and 2 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 154. 



B. vi, D. Jj, P. 13, V. 1/5, A. A, C. 14, L. 1. 27-29, L. tr. 3/11. 



Length of head 4 to 4^, of caudal 6 to &\, height of body Z\ to 3f in the total length. %es— diameter 

 .Si in length of head, about 1 diameter from end of snout and also apart, i^ms— dorsal spines two-thirds the 

 height of the rays : caudal rounded. Colours — purplish-brown, with four or five red longitudinal bands. Two 

 black ocelli on the dorsal fin, largest in the young : the smaller one between the first and second spines : the 

 larger between the third and sixth rays, and being encircled by a light ocellus, there are one or two rows of 

 round light spots on the fin posterior to the large black one : caudal with a yellow band at its base, and yellow 

 edges. The young are much darker than the adults, having' light longitudinal narrow lines and three white 

 spots on the back, the anterior of which is usually continued on to the dorsal fin between the sixth and seventh 

 spines : the third spot is on the summit of the free portion of the tail. 



Habitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. The one figured is life-size. 



2. Platyglossus Hyrtlii, Plate LXXXVIII, fig. 1. 



Jidis mola, pt. Cantor, Catal. p. 238 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1861, p. 135. 



Julis (Halichceres) Hyrtlii, Bleeker, Manado, p. 60. 



Haliahceres Hyrtlii, Bleeker, Labr. p. 286, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 121, t. 39, f. 2. 



Platyglossus hyrtelii, GUmth-ev, Catal. iv, p. 149. 



Platyglossus Hyrtlii, Peters, Monals. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, p. 270. 



Platyglossus iifaseiatus, Steind. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 477, t. v, f. 2. 



B. vi, D. ^t-^, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. ^, G. 14, L. 1. 27-28, L. tr. 2/12. 



Length of head 4^ to 4|, of caudal 7, height of body 4i to 5 in the total length. Hyes — diameter 5 in 

 length of head, nearly 2 diameters from end of snout, and Ij apart. Fins — caudal rounded. Colours — oHve 

 colour along the back, becoming white along the abdomen : two brownish-black longitudinal bands : the superior 

 united on the snout with that of the opposite side, is continued along the side of the base of the dorsal fin : the 

 inferior commencing on the snout passes through the eye to the centre of the base of the caudal fin where it 

 ends in a black spot, in its course it is interrupted on the opercle by a bright red spot. Dorsal fin anteriorly 

 with two, posteriorly with three rows of spots, the reticij-lations forming which are very distinct between the 

 first and third spines. Caudal similarly reticulated. Pectoral with a dark spot superiorly at its base. 



Amongst my Andamanese fish is one of the young of this species 1 inch in length. For the specimen 

 figured, which is from the Malay Archipelago, I am indebted to Dr. Hubrecht of Leyden. 



Habitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



3. Platygjossus marginatus, Plate LXXXIV, figs. 5 and 6 (variety.) 



Halichceres marginatus, Riipp. N. W. Pische, p. 16; 



Julis ma/rgimata, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 490. 



Julis annula/ris, (Kuhl. and v. Hass.) Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 482 ; Kner, Labr. p. 12 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, 

 1853, p. 613. 



Platyglossus annularis, Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 411. 



Platyglossus marginatus, Bleeker, Labr. p. 283, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 109,, t. xli, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 160 ; Klunz. Verh. z. b- Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 545. 



• B. vi, D. t^!tt. P- 13, P- 1/5, A. J_, c. 15, L. 1. 27, L. tr. 3i/10. 



Length of head 4J to 4|, of caudal 6|, height of body 3| to 3| in the total length. Eyes— di&meter 

 4| to 5 in the length of head. If to 2 diameters from end of snout, and 1^ apart. Dorsal profile somewhat' 

 concave above the orbits. IVras-^caudal slightly rounded. Colours — blackish-green : head and anterior part of 

 the body with undulating grass-green streaks edged with blue. ITumerous red blue^dged streaks and spots on 



