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outer teeth are the smaller all the way around the jaw; soft dorsal with an nuter, 

 large dark hi-own blotch, covering' most of th(> elonjiated jxiilion of Hn. 



Scomberoides tolooparah (CrviKu). 

 Lichia toloo-pnriih Cuvier, HupiicU's Atlas, 1S2S, ji. 91. 



Two spet'iniens, Nos. 0882S, 08880, each 8 inches lonp; fi'oni Su\'a, Fiji Islands. 



Two specimens, No. 09003, 3g and 5^ inches long fi'om Rangiroa, Paumotu 

 Islands. One specimen, No. 08848, 41 inches long from Vavau, Tonga Islands. 

 No. 08978, 4i inches long from Funafuti, EUice Islands. No. 0902G, 2| inches 

 long from Ciilbert Islands. Six specimens from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands, 

 M. C. Z. 29497 (3 specimens) as follows: Nos. 05795, three specimens 2 to 2^ 

 and 05825, three specimens 82, 9?, and 9| inches long. Three specimens from 

 Marshall Islands, as follows, Nos. 09065, li inches long from Arhno; 08932, 

 if inches long from Jaluit; 09040, if inches long. 



The 82 inch specimen has depth 3.41 in length; head 4.83; eye 4.23 in head; 

 snout 3.6; maxillary reaching nearly to posterior margin of eye; dorsal \TI, I, 

 20; anal II, I, 18. 



The 9? inch specimen has depth 3.74 in length; head 4.92; eye 4.55 in head; 

 snout 3.41; maxillary reaching to posterior margin of eye; dorsal VII, I, 21; 

 anal II, I, 19. 



The 91 inch specimen has depth 3.62 in length; head 4.88; eye 4.30 in head; 

 snout 3.58; maxillary reaching to posterior margin of eye; dorsal VII, I, 19; 

 anal II, I, 18. The seven dorsal spines include the first procumbent spine which 

 is sometimes concealed under the skin, there are only 6 vertical spines, these 

 all overlapping. The teeth in the upper jaw are in several rows anteriorly, 

 two posteriorly, the outer teeth larger anteriorly and the inner posteriorly; in 

 the lower jaw there are two rows for the entire extent of jaw, the outer of close 

 set incisor-like teeth, the iimer conical, not so close set ; on each side of the 

 symphysis of lower jaw are one or two enlarged canines in the inner row; 

 a large dark brown blotch occupying the angle and greater portion of elongated 

 part of soft dorsal. 



We cannot distinguish these from *S'. sanctipctri except in depth and fewer 

 dorsal rays in one specimen and the overlapping dorsal spines. Inasmuch as the 



