236 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Feb.;, 



head 2^; snout 3|-; eye 3|; maxillary 2f ; mandible 2; first dorsal 

 spine S^; third 2; third dorsal ray ly%; third anal spine 2; second 

 anal ray about 2; upper caudal lobe about H; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3i; pectoral If; ventral If; interorbital space 2 in orbit. 



Least depth of caudal peduncle about f of its length. Snout rather 

 long, compressed a little, and upper jaw projecting. Eye touching 

 upper profile. Jaws projecting a little, when open lower protrudes 

 a little. Distal expanded end of maxillary about f of orbit. Bands 

 of minute teeth in jaws, on vomer and palatines. Nostrils together, 

 anterior obscure, and posterior a deep cavity, its vertical diameter 

 nearly equal to pupil. Interorbital space nearly level, with two dis- 

 tinct ridges. Preopercular spine reaches beyond gill-opening till 

 nearly opposite origin of pectoral, and a little curved. Two nasal 

 prongs. Gill-opening extending forward about opposite middle of 

 eye. Scales well imbricated. Scales along basal sheath of spinous 

 dorsal hardly denticulate posteriorly. Five series of scales on cheek, 

 a series of broad ones along posterior margin of preopercle, and with 

 exception of occiput, head otherwise naked. Small scales on bases of 

 pectoral and caudal, extending well out on lobes of latter. Lateral line 

 not extending on base of caudal. Margin of spinous dorsal hardly 

 notched. Soft dorsal inserted a little nearer base of caudal than 

 middle of pectoral. Third anal spine shorter than rayed fin. Pectoral 

 and ventral not "of equal size," former a little longer. 



Color of dried skin plain straw-brown, fins and iris unmarked. 

 About four narrow pale olivaceous longitudinal bands, narrower than 

 spaces between, extending along each series of scales above lateral 

 line. Below lateral line about six or seven faded or paler ones, but 

 a little broader. 



One example. Thornton Island, Polynesia. C. D. Voy. Presented 

 by Prof. E. D. Cope. 



Another example from Samoa. 



FLAMMEO Jordan and Evermann. 



BuU. U. S. Nat. Mus. (Fish N. Mid. Amer.), No. 47, III, 1S9S, p. 2,871 



(marianus). 

 Farer Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, p. 44 (sammara). [Uncertain.] 



Flammeo achromopterus sp. nov. Fig. 6. 



Holocentrus sammara Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1900. p 526. 

 Samoa. (Dr. H. C. Caldwell.) (Not of Forskal.) 



Head 24; depth 3i; D. XI, 12; A. IV, 8; scales 41 in lateral line, 

 last 3 on base of caudal ; 3^ scales obliquely l^ack from origin of spinous 

 dorsal to lateral line; 3 scales between middle of spinous dorsal and 



