LABRIDAE. 



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LABRIDAE. 



Bodianus diplotaenius (Gill). 



Snodqrass & Heller, Proc. Wash. Acad. Soi., 190."), 6, p. 3'Jl. 

 Harpc diplotatnia Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1SG2, j). 140. 



A female 95 inches long from Toboguilla Island, Panama Baj'. 



Bodianus eclancheri (Valenciennes). 



Snodqrass & Heller, Proc. Wash. .Vcad. Sci., 190.5, 6, p. 392. 

 Cossyphui eclancheri Val., Voy. Venus, IS 16, pi. 8, fig. 2, 18.5.5, 5, p. 340. 



No. 3248, a specimen 13 inches long from Wreck Bay, Chatham Island. 



The dark markings on the two sides are different and not at all like Valen- 

 ciennes's description. A great color variation is described by Snodgrass and 

 Heller (/oc. cit.). 



PseudolabruR inscriptus (Richardson). 



Labrichthys inscripta Gunther, Cat., 1862, 4, p. 115. 



Labrus inscripta vel Tauloga inscripta Richardson, Ichthy. Erebus & Terror, 1844, p. 134, pi. 56, 

 fig. 1-2. 



Plate 5, fig. 2, Plate 6, fig. 1. 



Four specimens 2 to 5.25 inche.s long from shore at Easter Island. M. C. Z. 

 29438 (2 specimens). 



Proportional measurements of the two largest specimens. 



Richardson in his description gives dorsal IX, 14, in figure IX, 11. 



Color in spirits : — of the two larger specimens the smaller is very much 

 lighter in color, but of similar pattern and possessing small black spots between 

 lateral line and dorsal, these arranged in groups of 1-3, the arrangement unjike 

 on the two sides, but for the most part in pairs; a group of four indistinct spots 

 on top of caudal peduncle; white spots and lines on sides of head and throat 

 are more distinct in the larger specimen. In the two smaller specimens the 

 colors are more faded but similar to the smaller specimen just described. 



