SUPPLEMENT, 1888. 
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eqnal in its Ligliest portion to about one-tbird tbe beiglit of tbe body, and similar to tbe 
anal. Caudal rounded. Colours — body and fins of a deep olive bistre, tbe body longitu- 
dinally striated with about thirteen lines of sepia. An elongated patch of a black 
colour, and having a grayish white margin filling up the middle half of the dorsal fin 
from the eleventh to the fifteenth ray. Caudal tawny with a wide central and vertical 
brown band. Young. — Caudal tawny white with the band of pale Indian red. 
Habitat. — The larger example which is figured, is a little over 4 inches in length ; both 
were taken on November 27th, 1862, at Saddle Island off Kyoukphyoo. 
Page 400. Add Plattglossus javanious. 
Julis javanicus, Sleeker, Java iv, p. 341. 
HalicJiceres javanicus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 125, Labroidei, pi. xl, f. 3. 
Platyglussus javanicus, Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 145. 
B. vi, D. yV, P. 15, y. 1/5, A. xV, C. 12, L. 1. 28. 
Length of head 3f, of caudal fin 6, height of body 44 to 44 in the total length. Eyes — 
diameter 4 in the length of the head, 1-| diameters from the end of the snout, and f to 1 
diameter apart. Fins — spines of dorsal fin not so high as the rays : caudal rounded. 
Colours — of a brownish red becoming silvery along the abdomen, a vertical blue band 
or spot behind the upper half of the orbit : some oblique red streaks on the head : a black 
spot superiorly at the base of the pectoral fin. Dorsal fin reddish with two or three rows of 
round yellowish sj)ots, caudal of a similar colour but the spots irregularly disposed. 
Anal fin reddish. 
Habitat. — Singapore and Colombo (Haly, Taprobanian, i, p. 165). 
Add Plattglossus eoseus. 
Page 401. Day., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 264. 
B. vi, D. xV, P- 14, y. 1/5, A. C. 14, L. 1. 28, L. tr. | 
Length of head 44, of caudal fin 6x, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes — 
diameter 4 length of head, I4 diameters from the end of snout and 1 apart. The greatest 
width of the head equals half its length. Teeth — a posterior canine. Fins — caudal slightly 
rounded : the length of the pectoral equals that of the head behind the middle of the eye : 
outer ventral ray somewhat elongated. Scales — none on the head, those on chest 
smaller than on the body. Colours — in a spirit specimen rosy, with a large black spot 
behind the middle of the eye and a small one between the two first dorsal spines : two 
narrow light bands pass from the eye to the snout : a broad orange band along the 
suborbital ring of bones : body with dark and narrow horizontal bands in its anterior half, 
while seven dark and wider bands pass from the back down the sides. A narrow light 
band goes from the eye to the middle of the base of the caudal fin. Basal third of caudal 
fin somewhat dark, with its outer edges light. 
Habitat. — Kurrachee in Sind. 
Page 408. Add Coeis Halei. 
Coris, sp. Haly, Ta23robanian, i, 1886, p. 165. 
B. vi, D. xV. y. 1/5, A. 3^, L. 1. 75, L. tr. 3/27. 
“ Height of body 3|- of the total length, the length of head 4- Fins — anterior dorsal 
sjune elevated, and equal to the height of the body. Colours — body vinous-red, barred by 
eleven purplish-gray stripes : each scale with a sjDot of brilliant emerald green. Head orange, 
with violet, red-bordered stripes radiating from the eye, two of these unite to form a broad 
band descending from the fourth dorsal spine, past the eye and the mouth to the subopercle. 
A broad red band on the edge of the opercles. Dorsal fin red gray, with an orange 
band covered with small blue spots : anal vinous-red, with an orange border and covered 
with small blue spots. Caudal dark gray with large blue, black-edged spots.” 
Habitat. — Ceylon. A somewhat allied species seems to exist in Coris Bleeheri, Hubrecht, 
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1876 (4) xvii, p. 214. 
Page 413. Add Pseudosgaeus bataviensis. 
Scarus bataviensis, Bleeker, Java, iv, p. 342. 
Pseudoscarus bataviensis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 48, t. xii, f. 3 ; Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 231. 
B. V, D. xV, H 14, y. 1/5, A. |, C. 13, L. 1. 25. 
Length of head 4, height of body 34 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 6 in the 
length of the head, 24 diameters from the end of the snout. Teeth — two small ones at 
the corner of either jaw. Fins — the dorsal spines of about the same length equalling one- 
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