Fishes of the South Pacific. 45 



Caesio lunaris (Cuvier & Valenciennes.) 



Three specimens, Nos. 1109, 1141 and 1330 B. M., from Short- 

 land Id., Solomons. 



Family H^MULID^. 

 Terapon jarbua (Forskal). 



Four specimens, Nos. 1332*, 1262, 1263 and 1321 B. M., from 

 Shortland Id., Solomons, 



Scolopsis temporalis Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



One specimen. No. 1289 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



Color in life is silvery white, with 3-4 blotches of brighter 

 silvery color on each side; a conspicuous bright blue band from 

 front of eye, over snout to the other eye; this blue line is bordered 

 above w^th a line of bright yellow; a bright yellow spot with a 

 wide blue margin just above and behind the eye; a blue line runs 

 from lower part of eye to maxillary; caudal yellow above, pink 

 below; pectoral and ventral white. 



Scolopsis monogramma Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Two specimens, Nos. 922* and 925 B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



Scolopsis trilineata Kner. 



Three specimens, Nos. 949, 950* and 1005 B. M., from Fate, 

 New Hebrides. 



Scolopsis trilineata Quoy & Gaimard. 



Four specimens, Nos. 859, 981, 847 and 1078 B. M., from 

 Fate, New Hebrides. 



Scolopsis bilineata Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



One specimen. No. 11 14 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



Gnathodentex aurolineatus (Lacepede). 



Depth 3; head, with flap, 3.20; eye 3; interorbital 3; D. x, 9; 

 A. Ill, 9; snout 2.50. 



Body oblong, compressed, scaled; head compressed, conical, 

 the opercles and preopercles with 4-7 rows of scales; maxillary 

 reaching to below the anterior nostril, its upper two-thirds with 

 a prominent serrate ridge; villiform teeth in jaws, with some small 

 canines, the two outer canines of lower jaw the largest; preopercle 

 entire; opercle without spines; dorsal spines not strong, the fifth 

 the longest, but considerably less than the longest ray which is 

 2 in head; base of anal 2.75 in base of dorsal; third anal spine the 

 longest, 2.50 in head; pectoral i.ioinhead; ventral 1.20; caudal 

 well forked. 



