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Islands, Nos. 09021, 08814, iil and 8i inches long, from Kusaio, and 09011, Ig 

 iiich(>s long from Tiuk (iroup. Two specimens, Nos. 09038, 1 and I5 inches 

 long from Arhno Atoll, Marshall Islands, Nos. A137, M. C. Z. 29728 10 inches 

 long and A138, 111 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. No. A158, M. C. Z. 

 29729, 8i inches long from Taritari, Gilbert Islands. 



Lutianus johnii (Block). 



Day, Fishes of India, 1875, p. 42, pi. 1.3, fig. 1. 

 ArUhias johnii Block, Ichth., 179.3, 9, p. 97, tab. 318. 



One specimen. No. 08921, 5.75 inches long, from Suva, Fiji Islands. No. 

 09050, M. C. Z. 29398, 1.75 inches long from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline 

 Islands. This small specimen is somewhat mutilated and no teeth can be 

 detected on its tongue; otherwise it agrees with L. johnii, and is with some 

 doubt, identified as that species. 



Lutianus monostigma (Cuvier & V.\lenciennes). 



Mesoprion innnosiigimi Cuv. it V.\l., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1828, 2, p. 337 (446). Gunther, Fisclie 

 del Siidsee, 1S73, 1, p. 14, taf. 16. 



Li<ljanus lioglossus Bleeker, Atkus Ichth., 1877, 8, 46, 70, tab. 344, Perc. 66, fig. 4. 



Seven specimens from Paumotu Islands: Nos. 08823, 51 inches long 

 from Anaa, one specimen 5 inches long and A92, M. C. Z. 29768, 7g inches, A99, 

 8| inches, AlOO, M. C. Z. 29769, 8 inches from Makemo, and A35, Sf inches, 

 05861, 5? inches from Makatea. Five specimens, Nos. 08986, I5 to 3| inches 

 long from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline Islands. No. A168, 8 inches long from 

 Taritari, Gilbert Islands. 



Lutianus marginatoides, spec. nov. 

 Phili- 4. figuir 1. 



Type No. 68943 U. S. N. M. (field No. A74), 8i inches long from Makemo, 

 Paumotu Islands. 



Head to tip of flaps 2.57 in bodj' ; depth 2.39; eye 5.07 in head; snout 3; 

 maxillary 2.69, reaching to front of pupil; mandible 2.49; interorbital 4.71; 

 pectoral 1.26, reaching beyond ventrals to a line from base of last dorsal spine; 



