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Color ill spirits, yellowish white, slightly darker above; a 

 dusky spot ou each side of caudal peduncle, a dusky line from eye 

 along sides, uniting above the round spot on caudal peduncle; an- 

 terior third of spinous dorsal with a slight wash of dusky; other 

 fins yellowish white. 



Two specimens from Tahiti: No. 14 10 B. M., length 12 in.; 

 No. 141 1 B. M., length 13 in. 



Two specimens, Nos, 921 and 923 B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



Two specimens, Nos. 1227* and 1315 B. M., from Shortland 

 Id., Solomons. 



Pseudupeneus chryserydros (Lacepede). 



One specimen, No. 1036 B. M.. from Fate, New Hebrides. 



In life there is a pinkish flush ou lower half of fish; five or six 

 bright blue lines on side of head, and a yellow saddle over caudal 

 peduncle. 



Pseudupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepede). 



One specimen, No. 1966 B. M., from Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 

 One specimen. No. 852* B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Pseudupeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker). 



Two specimens, Nos. 121 1 and 1240 B. M., from Shortland Id., 

 Solomons. 



Pseudupeneus porphyreus Jenkins. 



One specimen, No. 1594 B. ]M., from Raiatea, Society Ids. 



TJpeneus vittatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



One specimen. No. 1536 B. M., from Tahiti. 

 Two specimens, Nos. 2141*, 2142* B. M., from Nukuhiva, 

 Marquesas Ids. 



Family GERRID.F). 

 Xystaema argyreum (Forster). 



vSix specimens, Nos. 863, 864, 868, 869, 929 and 932 B. M., 

 from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Two specimens, Nos. 11 76 and 1268 B. M., from Shortland 

 Id., vSolomons. 



Family CIRRHITID^. 

 Paracirrhites forsteri (Bloch). 



Five specimens, Nos. 2i55*-2i59 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Mar- 

 quesas Ids. 



