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Show 864 LIEUT.-COL. PLAYFAIR ON [Nov. 14, 140. M. CERULEO-MACULATUS, Lacep. 141. M. TROSCHELII. M. troschelii, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. xvi. p. 277; Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. vi. Sumatra, viii. p. 80; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 448. Hab. Seychelles ; Ceylon ; East-Indian archipelago. FISTULARIID.E. 142. FlSTULARIA SERRATA, Bl. CENTRISCID^E. 143. AMPHISILE PUNCTULATA, Bianc. LABYRINTHICI. 144. OSPHROMENUS OLFAX, Commers. PHARYNGOGNATHI. POMACENTRID^E. 145. POMACENTRUS BANKANENSIS, Blkr. 146. GLYPHIDODON CCELESTINUS, Soland. 147. G. SEPTEMFASCIATUS. G. septemfasciatus, Cuv. & Val. v. p. 463 ; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 40. The specimens obtained at Seychelles do not materially differ from those previously described, except in the great width of the interorbital space, which is once and a half the diameter of the eye. Length 8 inches. 148. G. SORDIDUS, Forsk. 149. HELIASTES CINCTUS, sp. n. D. |f. A. lr L. lat. 29. L. transv. 2/8. Diagnosis.-Height of body contained twice and a half in the total length, or twice in that without caudal; the length of the head is contained four times and two-thirds in the former, or thrice and three-fifths in the latter. Teeth in the jaws in a single series, with an outer series of larger ones in the front of the lower jaw. Width of praeorbital more than half the diameter of the eye. Breadth of interorbital space equal to the diameter of the orbit. Posterior limb of praeoperculum straight, not emarginate ; the cheek-scales are in three series, and do not cover the praeopercular margin. Praeorbital naked. Spines of dorsal slender, the middle being sliglitly longer than the posterior ones ; they decrease gradually in length from the seventh to the first; the soft portion is higher than long; one of the longest rays is more than once and two-thirds the length of the longest spiue. |