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Color pinkish; dorsal, anal and caudal dusky, with a narrow 

 marginal line of white; pectorals and ventrals yellow white with 

 dusky tip. 



Color in life, crimson, the middle of the scale with a vertical 

 silvery line; head, belly and thorax deep red, with a wash of 

 orange which extends over upper jaw, and from notch of preopercle 

 to axis of pectorals; dorsal red, the lower half of first six webs with 

 a wash of white near base; soft dorsal tipped with white, the webs 

 more or less washed with dusk}'; caudal maroon red with a narrow 

 margin of white; pectoral and ventral red, the webs of pectoral 

 showing a slight wash of dusky; iris red, with orange blotch on 

 upper part. 



One specimen, No. 1344 B. M., from Tahiti. I^ength i5.5oin. 



One specimen, No. 12 15 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



Three specimens, Nos. 1024, 1025 and 1049 B. M., from Fate, 

 New Hebrides. 



I/Utianus bohar (Forskal). 



One specimen, No. 11 13 B. M., from Shortland, Solomons. 



Interoperculum with distinct knob; preoperculum slightly 

 notched. 



Color is brownish with red wash; axis of pectoral, spinous 

 dorsal anterior margin of soft dorsal; outer rays of caudal and 

 anterior ravs of anal blackish; numerous indistinct longitudinal 

 streaks on body. 



I/Utianus russellii (Eleeker). 



Three specimens, Nos. 11 71, 11 72 and 11 73 B. M., from Short- 

 land Id., Solomons. 



Color in life is light grayish above, with 4-5 3'ellow lines along 

 the body; dorsal, anal, caudal and base of pectorals with a slight 

 wash of 3'ellowish. 



I/Utianus fulviflamma Forskal. 



Three specimens, Nos. 1188, ii8g and 1242 B. M., from Short- 

 land Id., Solomons. 



I<utianus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard. 



One specimen. No. 1170 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



Color in life, the upper half of body is pale yellowish, with 

 six dark half bands; the lower half is pinkish; a dusk blotch on 

 sides of caudal peduncle; fins all with yellowish wash. 



I/Utianus fiiscescens (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



One specimen, No. 1523 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 



I/Utianus melanesiae Scale, new species. 



Depth 3; head, including flap, 2.80; eye 4; scales 57; D. x, 

 14; A. Ill, 8. 



