396 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERTGII. 



canine present. Fins caudal truncated or slightly emarginate. 

 Colour head and upper two thirds of back orange-red. Fins 

 yellow, a black base to pectoral, and a black blotch on upper two 

 thirds of first few dorsal and anal rays. 



Hob. Madagascar, Mauritius, seas of India to New Hebrides. 



1251. (2.) Cossyphus diana. 



Labrus diana, Lacep. H. N. Poiss. Hi, pp. 451, 522, pi. xxxii, fig. 1. 

 Cossyphus diana, Day, Fish. India, p. 392, pi. Ixxxvii, fig. 3 (see 



synon.). 

 Cul monjilli, Tamil. 



D. 12/10. P. 16. A. 3/10-12. C. 14. L. 1. 32-33. L. tr. 4/12. 



Length of head 3| to 3^, height of body 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 5 in length of head, 2 cliarn. from end of snout, 

 and 1| apart. Snout produced, rather pointed ; lips thick and 

 broad ; preoperele finely serrated. Teeth a posterior canine in 

 either jaw. Fins no elongate ventral ray ; caudal truncated. 

 Colour reddish, three large white spots between lateral line and 

 base of dorsal fin, two below spines and one beneath rays. Dark 

 spots on scales from commencement of soft dorsal to caudal above 

 lateral line ; a black spot at posterior end of lateral line ; fins 

 diaphanous. Varieties some specimens have a white spot before 

 commencement of lateral line. Others show a large black spot 

 upon each ventral, and two more on the anal fin. 



Hub. Seas of India ; a specimen 5| inches long in the Calcutta 

 Museum. 



1252. (3.) Cossyphus bilunulatus. 



Labrus bilunulatus, Lacep. H. N. Poiss. iii, pp. 454, 526, pi. xxxi, fig. 2. 

 Cossyphus bilunulatus, Day, Fish. India, Suppl. p. 802 (see synon.). 



D. 12/10. P. 16. A. 3/12. C. 14. L. 1. 34. 



Length of head 3jf , height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 5| in length of head, 2 d'iam. from end of snout. Pre- 

 opercle finely serrated. Fins caudal emarginate, the outer rays 

 produced. Colour reddish, with light or yellow stripes and a 

 large black blotch below hind edge of soft dorsal and over com- 

 mencement of free portion of tail. Two black lines on head, one 

 from snout through eye, the second from angle of mouth to sub- 

 opercle. A black blotch between first three dorsal spines. 



Hab. Isle de France, Ceylon (Holy) to the Malay Archipelago. 



4. Genus LABROIDES, Bleeker. 



Diproctacanthus, Bleeker ; Fissilabrus, Kner. 



Branchiostegals five. Body oblong, compressed. Gill-mem- 

 branes attached to the isthmus. Snout pointed ; lips prominent, 

 one of them having a notch anteriorly. Preoperele entire. A band 



