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the face with bent bars and blotches of bluish-white; base of the 

 dorsal apple-green, this is bordered by a narrow dark line; the 

 body of the fan deep orange, becoming orange-brown; first spine 

 and margin of fin dirty white, separated from the orange by a nar- 

 row pale bluish line which becomes blackish on the posterior 

 half of the fin; anal dirt)- white on its outer and anterior margin; 

 a narrow purplish blue line separates the dirty white from the 

 Chinese orange stripe which, rising at the base of the second spine, 

 becomes broader posteriorly; a green wavey stripe like patch bor- 

 dered all around with a narrow purplish blue line extends along 

 the centre of the fin from the third membrane to the posterior end 

 of the fin; basal third of anal flesh-pink; a narrow purplish-blue 

 line at its base; pectoral dirt}' grayish-white on its superior margin 

 gradually passing into pale grayish-brown; ventrals margined all 

 round with whitish or pearl-blue; central portion ochraceous; 

 caudal brown, grayish or reddish-brown of various shades without 

 distinct markings. 



The type specimen (B. P. B. Museum No. 3361) here described 

 was secured in the Honolulu market Sept. 26, 1902, and is 18.5 

 inches long. (Fig. 6.) 



Family SCARID^.— Parrot-fish. 



Callyodon jenkinsi (Jordan & Evermann). 



Head 2.4 in body; depth 2.2; eye 7 in head; snout 2.7; inter- 

 orbital 3; preorbital 5; D. ix, 10; A. iii, 9; V. 16; P. 1.25; scales 

 1^-25-6. 



Two rows of scales on the cheeks; lower limb of the opercle 

 scaled; dorsal and anal similar in shape; head pointed; two pos- 

 terior lateral canines of both the upper and lower jaw; caudal 

 concave between the outer produced rays. 



Color in formalin X alcohol. General color, dull horn-brown; 

 the margins of produced rays of caudal, the outer margin of dorsal, 

 the anal and ventrals pale green or greenish-blue. The forehead 

 dull lavender; edge of upper lip, a line extending to the eye and 

 an ill-defined spot on the chin, pale green. 



Color (based on plaster cast colored from life). Scales of the 

 trunk, bluish-green, becoming grass-green above the lateral line; 

 all scales margined with pink; side of head and belly rosy pink; 



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