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of it and four behind it, its base is convex, its posterior rays are the 

 longest, being about 3 into head. Color in spirits: A uniform light 

 green, a darker blotch extending over top of. head and upper part 

 of opercles. Teeth greenish at base with white margins. Lips a 

 brighter green with wash of yellowish, a narrow black line near 

 their margins. Fins greenish, dorsal with narrow intermarginal 

 line of black. Anal with broad edge of brighter green, a narrow 

 black line through its outer third, inner two-thirds white with wash 

 of green. \"entrals white with slight greenish wash. Caudal green, 

 lighter in centre, with dusk}- intermarginal line. One specimen. 

 Length 9.5 inches. Agaiia, Guam, July 12, 1900. This species 

 is characterized by the five scales in lower row^ on cheeks, its con- 

 vex back, projecting snout, elongated dorsal fins, and rather narrow 

 lips. Its coloring is similar, in spirits, X.o P. batavicnsis, Bl. Hab. 

 Marianas. Type is No. 160, B. P. B. M. 



Genus PSEUDOSCARUS Bleeker. 



161. Pseudoscarus bataviensis (Bl.). 



Plead 3.25; depth 3.25; eye 6.25; interorbital 3.20; D. ix 10; 

 A. Ill 9; P. 14. Scales 2-23-5. Two rows of scales on the cheeks, 

 the lowest with six scales. The lips are broad, almost covering 

 .the upper teeth. A conical tooth at angle of jaws. The preoper- 

 cular limb is entirely bare. Body oblong, compressed. The upper 

 profile of back, from shoulders to middle of soft dorsal, straight. 

 Snout short, blunt: length from anterior edge of orbit to tip of teeth 

 2.66 into head. Fins: Caudal is lunate, the outer rays being about 

 one-third longer than middle ray. Pectoral ray 1.20 into head. 

 Ventrals i .50. Base of anal i .50 into head, 2.50 into base of dorsal. 

 Color in spirits: Greenish, more or less dusky on upper opercles 

 and shovilders. Teeth whitish. Fins greenish, the caudal yellow 

 in the middle, the tip black. Dorsal with dusky margin. Outer 

 third of anal green, a black line through the middle, the inner two- 

 thirds being greenish white. \'entrals with a wash of yellow. One 

 specimen. Length 9 inches. Agafia, Guam, July 12, 1900. Hab. 

 Batavia, Marianas. 



162. Pseudoscarus platodoni sp. nov. 



Head 2.66: depth 3.25; eye 6.50: interorbital 3.25; D. ix 10; 

 A. II 9; \\ I 5; P. 14. Scales 2-23-5, the lateral line interrupted. 

 Two rows of scales on cheek, no scales on lower limb of opercle. 

 Lips rather narrow, scarcely covering half the jaws. Body oblong, 

 slightly compressed. Snout very blunt; from the interorbital to 

 the posterior edge of upper teeth the profile is straight; the length 

 of the upper front teeth being slightly greater than e^'e; no pos- 

 terior canine tooth. There are 4 rows of scales in front of dorsal. 

 The distance from anterior edge of orbit to tip of teeth is 2.50 into 



