FAMILY, XLI— LABRID^, 409 



GeogrwpMcat didnbwHon. — East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



SYNOPSIS OF INDIVIDTJAL SPECIES. 

 1. Gymolutes ^ratesdatuB, D. -jL, a. -^, L. 1. 73. Olive or greenish, with a dark band across the shoulder. 

 East coast of AMca, Ceylon, Mauritius, to the Malay Archipelago. 



1. Cymolutes praatextatus, Plate XO, fig. 1. 



JuUs proBtwdcOug, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Pois. p. 712, pi. 15, f. 4; Guv. and Val. xiii, p. 505. 

 XivioMhys torquatus, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 54. pi. 392. 

 Xvriekthys novaculoides, Bleeker, Amboina, iii. p. 122. 

 Novacula mrioMhoides, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. x, p. 488. 



Gymohites prcetextatus, Gunther, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1861, p. 387, Catal. iv, p. 207, and Fish. Zanz. p. 102 ; 

 Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 146, t. xxxi, f. 1. 



B. vi, D. ^, P. 13, V. 1/5, A. ^, 0. 13, L. 1. 73. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, of caudal 7 to 7 1, height of body 4|- in the total length. ±lyeg — high up, 

 near dorsal profile, diameter 4^ in the length of the head, 2 diameters from end of snout, and 1 apart. Snout 

 parabolic : lower jaw slightly the longer. The greatest width of the head equals half its height. Golowrs — 

 greenish, with a dark blue-edged band across the shoulder. Va/riety — " pale olive : head immaculate : body 

 covered with narrow brown lines, angularly bent, the angle pointing backwards : these are generally darker 

 on the shoulder. Sometimes a round black spot below the lateral-line, and under the sixth dorsal spine. 

 Dorsal pale violet, with irregular reddish lines and spots : the specimens without the lateral blotch have a 

 deep black margin to the spinous portion. Anal uniform orange or rosy: caudal orange, with yellowish 

 transverse hues : ventrals and pectorals transparent." 



Sabitat. — East coast of Africa, Ceylon, Mauritius, to the Malay Archipelago. The specimen figured is 

 from a specimen in the British Museum collection. 



Genus, 16 — Pseudodax, 5Zeeier. 

 OdtcKB, sp. Cuv. and Val. 



■ Brcmchiostegals six. Body oblong, compressed. Upper jmti vnth one, lower with two, pairs of hroad incisors, 

 hamng cvMing lateral edges : teeth, in the pharyngeals con/ktent and pamemeni-Uhe. A single dorsal fin hcmng nearly 

 the same mimber of spines (11) as rays (12) ; amal vnth three spines ami more rays (14) than the second dorsal. 

 Scales of moderate size, extended over the cheeks amd opereles ; om enla/rged row at base of caudal fin. Lateral-lme 

 contvtmows. 



SYNOPSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 

 1. Pseudodax Mohtccamm, D. fi, A. -fi, L. 1. 32-33. Brownish red, with a dark spot on each scale of body 

 and opereles. Nicobars to the Malay Archipelago. 



1. Pseudodax Moluccanua, Plate L XXXTX , fig. 1. 



Odax MoTmccamis, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p, 306, pi. 408, fig. 2 (head) ; Cuv. Reg. Anim. lU. Poiss. t. 91, 

 f. 3; Bleeker, Manado, p. 64; Kner, Sitz. Wien Acad. 1860, p. 56, t. ii, f. 18 (Pharyngeal apparatus). 



Pseudodax molMoooMus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 80, t. xxii, f. 2, and t. xviii, f. 5 ; Gunther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 208 ; Gnichenot, Mem. Soc. Imp. Sc. Nat. Cherb. 1866, p. 67. 



B. vi, D. ii, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. ^, C. 14, L. 1. 32-33, L. tr. 4/12. 



Length of head 4i, of caudal 8, height of body 3| in the total length. %es-diameter h\ in the length 

 of head, 2 diameters from end of snout, and li apart. Tedhr-tla.e outer incisor on either side of symphysis of 

 lower jaw recurved. CfaZows— back brownish-red, becoming lighter on the abdomen, most of the scales on the 

 body with a dark central spot. Teeth green. Dorsal and anal yellow in their basal portion, the former having 

 black reticulated lines, a dark base, and a blue margin: anal with from two to four dark undulatmg 

 longitudinal bands and a dark blue-margined outer edge. Pectoral with a dark mark at its base. Caudal 

 brown, with a blue posterior edge, some vertical darker bands, and the large scales at its base oi a 

 light bufB colour. . _ j /-o o • i, 



EaUtat.—mcoUrB, east coast of Africa, to the Malay Archipelago. The specimen figured (8"^ inches 

 in length) is from the Malay Archipelago, and for it I am indebted to Dr. Hubrecht, of Leyden. 



Genus, 17 — Scaeichthts, Bleeker. 

 Body oblong, compressed. Upper lip double m its whole extent. Teeth m one row, mterutrly soldered 

 together, those in the mamdibles bemg in a very obUque row : the imferior pha/ryngeal toothed plate broader thoMtong. 

 A single dorsal fin with less spimes (9) which are flexible, tham, rays (10) : two anal spines amd eight rays, bcales 

 la/rge, a single row on the cheeks. Lateral-line entire. 



* Geographical distribution.— Bed Sea east coast of Africa, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago, and 

 also tropical portion of the Pacific. n 



