304 EXPEDITION OF THE "ALBATROSS," 1899-1900. 



bars i'rom the eye backward; rest of head covered with narrow pale vei'inicula- 

 tions and streaks. 



Inasmuch as our two large specimens have 9 and 10 spines respectively 

 and they do not otherwise differ, the genus Thalliurus based on 10 spines alone 

 is therefore not tenable. CUinther's figure of ('. chlorurus is not the C. chloriirus 

 figured by either Bloch or Bleeker, and differs in coloration and in ha\ing a 

 rounded caudal. 



Cymolutes praetextatus (Qruv & Gaimard). 



Day, Fishes of India, 1877, p. 409, pi. 90, fig. 1. 



Julia iimclc.iialiitt QuoY & Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe. Zoo!., 1S.3.'5, 3, p. 712, pi. I.t, fig. 4. 



One specimen, No. 05897, 3 inches long from Namuka, Tonga Islands. 



Dorsal IX, 13; anal III, 12; scales 75 in lateral line. 



This specimen agrees exactly in fin formation with Quoy & Gaimard's descrip- 

 tion. The original color is now but faintly indicated, but what can be seen agrees 

 with the figure given by Quoy & Gaimard, excepting that our specimen has a 

 small black spot on upper edge of caudal peduncle at base of caudal fin. This 

 spot is stated by Jordan & Evermann to be present in some specimens of C. 

 leclusii from Hawaii. Our specimen also agrees fairly well with C. praetextatus 

 given by Day. There is no indication in our specimen of the line under the eye 

 and the broad shoulder band, as shown in Bleeker's figure in Atlas Ichth., 1, 

 pi. 31, fig. 1. 



SCARIDAE. 



Scarichthys caeruleopunctatus (Rippell). 



GtiNTHER, Fische der Sudsee, 1909, 8, p. 300. 



Scarus {Callindon) coeruleopundalus Ruppell, Neup Wirbe. Fisohe, 183.5, p. 24, taf. 7, fig. 3. 



Ten specimens from Tonga Islands at Vavau, as follows: — Nos. 0589(), 

 eight specimens, 2i to 5| inches long; 05895, M. C. Z. 29381, 51 inches long, 

 and A130, M. C. Z. 29383, 5? inches long. 



Scarus brunneus Jenkins. 



Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1900, 19, p. .'iO, (ig. 111. 



Nos. A133, M. C. Z. 29770, 85 inches, and A135, 8^ inches long from Kani- 

 bara, Fiji Islands. No. A192 64 inches long from Jaluit, Marshall Islands. 



