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spirits: Very light brown (dull red in life), the free portion of tail 

 with a distinct band of yellowish half as wide as eye and margined 

 with dusky around anterior part. Another yellowish band bordered 

 more or less distinctly with dusky just back of eye over the nuchial 

 region to lower edge of opercles. Ventral fins jet black and cover- 

 ing a dusk}' spot on bell}'. The three anterior dorsal and anal rays 

 each have a large black spot margined with yellowish. More or 

 less dusky on tip of spinous dorsal; otherwise fins yellowish white. 

 Three specimens. Length 3 inches. Guam, May 25, 1900. Hab. 

 Marianas. This species seems to be a conne<5ling form between 

 C/iei/inns and Pseiidocheilinus. It is doubtful if the latter genus is 

 well founded. Type of species No. 134 B. P. B. M. 



Genus CORIS Lacepede. 



135-136. Coris pulcherrima Gunth. 



Head 3.55; depth 3.55; eye 6.50; interorbital 5.66; D. ix 12; 

 A. Ill 12. Scales small, 84 in lateral line Body oblong, com- 

 pressed. Branchiostegals 6. Teeth in a single row, no posterior 

 canine teeth. Lateral line continuous. Fins: Caudal rounded. 

 Peclorals 1.50 into head. The first dorsal ray elongate. Base of 

 anal much longer than head, 1.50 into base of dorsal. Color in 

 spirits: Dark brown with wash of bluish, blue dots the size of pupil 

 scattered over the body, becoming more numerous on posterior part 

 of fish. A series of blue dots run from eve along the base of dorsal 

 fin. Two broad reddish violet stripes (rather indistinct in speci- 

 mens before me ) on the sides of heacl, one from tip of snout through 

 eye to flap of opercle, the other just below the orbit from gape to 

 po.sterior edge of opercle on a line with base of pectorals. There 

 is a dark violet line on the isthmus. The general color of head is 

 a shade lighter with a 3'ellowish wash. Lips yellow. Caudal and 

 pecftorals bright yellow. Dorsal and anal yellowish with 2 rows of 

 blue dots and margined with blue. Ventrals yellowish with wash 

 of blui.sh, the first rays of deep blue. Two specimens. Length 

 6-8 inches. Agaiia, Guam, July 12, igoo. The material at hand 

 will not warrant the writing of C. pulchcrrinia with C. formosa. 

 Hab. Western Pacific, Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, Marianas. 



137. Coris aygula Lacep. Tatanung. 



Head 3.20; depth 3.20; eye 8.25; interorbital 5; D. ix 12; A. iir 

 12; P. 14; V.I 5. Scales 19-65-5. Lateral line continuous. No 

 scales on the head. Nape of neck with rather prominent hump. 

 Body oblong, compressed. The upper lip is very broad, with folds. 

 Teeth: The two anterior teeth are large, curved canines; no canine 

 tooth at angle of jaws; pharyngeal teeth J_shaped, with blunt 

 round teeth in more than 2 rows on lower limb. Fins: Caudal 

 sub-truncate. Pectorals 1.66 into head. Outer rav of ventrals 



