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188. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. 4 examples. Length, 112 

 to 150 mm. [299 to 301.] Olive-green, darkest and most distinctly green in 

 two areas ; one from shoulder to middle of spinous dorsal, and another below 

 base of soft dorsal ; scales with narrow purplish central bar, below paler ; 

 vent black, in bright ultramarine blue annulus ; small black blotch at upper 

 angle of opercle. Dorsal color of adjacent region, becoming almost drab 

 distally and narrowly margined with blue. Caudal smoky. Anal with 

 greenish shades, band of dusky-green across front and margin, this with 

 narrow blue borders. Ventral very pale green. Pectoral hyaline, axil black, 

 base with yellowish bar. Iris dusky with narrow ring of golden, purplish 

 shades above. 



5 examples, Caiholo River, Ulugan Bay, Palawan Island. December 29, 1908. 

 Length, 53 to 69 mm. 



6 examples, Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 114 to 

 125 mm. 



1 example, Casogoran, Malhon Island. July 27, 1909. Length, 130 mm. [1707.] 



943 and 944. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. 5 examples. Length, 15 to 60 mm. 



5381. Cebu market. April 6, 1908. Length, 193 mm. Olivaceous, dusky above 

 and paler below, otherwise more or less uniform ; scales above base of anal 

 showing slightly pui'plish at bases ; obscure dark lines at centers of scales 

 above and below lateral line anteriorly ; lower part of head with somewhat 

 lavender shades ; very thin white line curving forward in front of inter- 

 orbital region, broken into sparse white spots on upper orbit ; similar line 

 across preorbital in front of middle of eye ; another from even with hinder 

 edge of eye to lower corner of preorbital ; cheek scales with paler centers 

 and all of lower head including throat and chin with numerous spots and 

 small blotches ; centers of scales of breast with small obscure white spots ; 

 dorsal body color, more dusky, with slight purplish shade on terminal por- 

 tion of spinous part ; narrow white line at tip of spinous membrane resting 

 on dark ; caudal body-color, slightly dusky at tip ; anal dusky-olive ; vent 

 black ; ventral dusky-olive ; pectoral dusky-hyaline, axil black ; iris golden 

 marked with flake of purple. 



3 examples, Cebu, reef opposite. April 7, 1908. Length, 17 to 43 mm. [512 

 and 513.] Pale slaty; vertical bar on side width of pupil, slightly within 

 tip of extended pectoral ; lower parts and caudal peduncle paler, scales of 

 breast and belly with pale edges ; head colored as body ; dorsal colored 

 similarly to body, vertical bar of latter expanding as pale area on fin ; distal 

 portion of soft fin pale, slightly washed with chrome ; tips of spinous mem- 

 branes black ; caudal pale chrome ; anal similar to body, vertical portion 

 distally pale ; ventral pale slaty ; pectoral hyaline yellow ; iris dark ; axil 

 and base of pectoral somewhat dusky. Traces of black blotch under last 

 dorsal spine ; small black blotch in axil of dorsal ; pale spot behind dorsal 

 on caudal peduncle. [514.] Olive; the lower region slightly paler; a white 

 bar about 2d to 5th dorsal spines downward narrowing and fading behind 

 pectoral ; somewhat diffuse on the fin ; more obscure bar from axil of dorsal 

 to anal ; a black ocellus about the size of eye on the middle of dorsal extend- 

 ing on to scaled base, rim sulphur-yellow and vertical portion of soft fin 

 and all caudal same. Anal like body, slightly paler in vertical edge. Pec- 

 toral hyaline. "Ventral dusky. Ocellus in very small specimen orange. 



1 example. Endeavor Strait. December 24, 1908. Length, 98 mm. 



14381 and 16999. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 

 120 to 160 mm. 



