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Riippell's description ;uid figure of .4. punctulatus do not admit of its being 

 put in the synonymy of A. auritus of Day or .4. polysligma of Bleeker. Riippell 

 says nothing of palatine teeth, and our specimen agrees very well with the 

 specimens of .4. )non))oralHs in the reserve series of the Bureau of Fisheries 

 which are those recorded by Jordan & Scale in Fishes of Samoa. In all 

 particulars our specimen agrees with Riiiipell's description of ^4. punctulatus. 



Mionorus waikiki (Jordan & Evekmann). 

 Apogonichthijs waikiki Jordan & Eveumanx, Bull. U. .S. Fish Comni., 1903, 22, )). 179. 



One specimen. No. 09067, I of an inch long from Arhno Atoll, Marshall 

 Islands. 



Head 2.33 in body; depth 2.8; eye 3; snout 3.42. 



This specimen agrees with the description of M. waikiki, save for slight 

 differences in color; there are no distinct bars on the fins, and the caudal is 

 plain yellowish. 



Paramia quinquelineata (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. ,S. Bur. Fish., 11)00, 25, p. 252. 



Cheilodipterus quinquelineata Cuv. & Val., Hist. Xat. Poiss., 182S, 2, p. 12-1 (107). 



No. 05829, a specimen Ss inches long from Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands. 

 No. 05830, two specimens if and l| inches long from Vavau, Tonga Islands. 

 M. C. Z. 29470. 



AMBASSIDAE. 



Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker. 



Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., 1852, 3, p. 257. Atlas Ichth., 1877, 8, p. 1.33, 135, tab. 3-14, Perc. 00, fig. 2, 

 and tab. 351, Perc. 73, fig. 1. Guntheb, Cat., 1859, 1, p. 224. 



Five specimens, No. 08800, 08994, 3 to 4 inches long from Kusaie, and No. 

 09093, 2 inches long from Ponapi, Caroline Islands. Twelve specimens, No. 

 08923, M. C. Z. 29486, l| to 2 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. 



