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series of spots. The anal has a broad brown margin, with an upper and lower blue line 
and several longitudinal series of spots between them ; below this the fin is green, shaded 
off into brownish violet at the base ; the latter colour is spotted with green. Caudal 
brownish violet, with blue ocelli and a red margin. 
Length 20 inches. 
Zanzibar. 
We have named this fish after Sir H. E. Bartle Frere, G.C.S.I., Governor of Bombay, 
whose assistance towards the publication of this work we gratefully acknowledge. 
CYMOLUTES, Gthr. 
349. Cymolutes praetextatus. [250, 440.] 
Julis pnetextata, Quoy § Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 112, pi. 15. f. 4; Cuv. Val. xiii. p. 508. 
Xyrichtliys torquatus, Cuv. Val. xiv. p. 54, pi. 392. 
novaculoides, Bleelc. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1853, Amboyna, iii. p. 122. 
Novacula xyrichtliyoides, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. x. p. 488. 
Cymolutes praetextatus, G'dnth. Fish. iv. p. 207 ; Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 146, t. 31. f. 1. 
Varietas nova. — Colour 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 brown spot below the lateral line and under the 
sixth dorsal spine ; out of four specimens this spot was absent in two. 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 lines or spots. Ventrals and pectorals trans- 
parent. 
Zanzibar. Mauritius. East-Inclian archipelago. 
PSEUDODAX, Bleek. 
350. Pseudodax moluccensis. [449.] 
Odax moluccanus, Cuv. Val. xiv. p. 305, pi. 408. 
Pseudodax moluccanus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 80, t. 22. f. 2, t. 18. f. 5. 
moluccensis, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 208. 
Zanzibar. East-Inclian archipelago. 
SCARICHTHYS, Bleek * 
351. Scarichthys auritus. [247.] 
Scarus auritus, ( Kuhl Sf v. Hass.) Cuv. Val. xiv. p. 218. 
vaigiensis, Cuv. Val. xiv. p. 214. 
* Undetermined specimen [466]. 
