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21903. Tapiantana Island. September 13, 1909. Length, 203 mm. (Canines,, 

 upper, 1 — 2; lower, — 0.) 



12493. Tara Island. December 14, 1909. Length, 177 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 2—2; lower, 0—0.) 



7704. Ulugan Bay, Palawan Island. December 29, 1908. Length, 230 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) Teeth dusky rose; lips narrowly pink; 

 green band above eye; red from corner of mouth extending across preorbital 

 through eye, dividing into one stripe below eye and near band, merging into 

 orange of upper preopercle; front of head pink over green, posteriori}' green 

 band; interorbital region with green diamond-shaped area, points touching 

 either eye where continued as superocular stripe; cheek and middle of opercle 

 pale yellowish green, becoming bright green around edges. Front, margin and 

 base of dorsal blue, body orange, with blue green band through center, broken 

 posteriorly. Caudal blue, with stripes of purple and orange. Anal blue, green- 

 ish at base, with median bar of purplish. Ventrals with blue fronts. Pectoral 

 reddish orange, upper ray blue, base pale green. 



7660 and 7671. Ulugan Bay. December 28, 1908. Length, 233 to 295 mm. 

 (Both with canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) 



7713. Ulugan Bay, Oyster Inlet. December 29, 1909. Length, 285 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 1 — 4; lower, — 0.) 



7153 and 7154. West coast of Palaui Island. November 18, 1908. Length, 280 

 to 288 mm. (Both have canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0, var. bowersi.} 

 (7153.) General color bright green, scales on posterior half of body with ma- 

 genta basal bar. Lower surface with lilac overshades merging into magenta. 

 Teeth pale rosy. Snout tip blue green; upper lip corners and entire lower lip 

 narrowly red. Chin blue, with blue throat line. Lower cheek pale orange, 

 merging into lilac shades below, more red anteriorly. Red bar and central 

 circular spot in blue of chin; blue of posterior connected below and above with 

 clear portion; area of dark smoky purple before eyes, reaches almost to snout. 

 Interorbital and forehead crossed or spotted with dark orange or lilac mark- 

 ings. Brilliant scarlet area extends below upper level of eye from slightly behind 

 eye to last third of pectoral, thence downward to lower level of pectoral, base 

 roughly triangular. Green on snout extends backward across cheek and 

 opercle as broad stripe involving entire pectoral base. Front and margin of 

 dorsal bright blue; blue bar at base, central portion of fin orange with brokeo 

 blue bar and several roundish spots. Caudal blue, with purplish orange stripes 

 through center of rays. Anal blue terminally, including entire first spine,, 

 thence narrowing to tip of last ray; base blue, somewhat oblique lilac bar from, 

 base of second spine to tip of last ray. Pectoral with first and second rays 

 green, rest of fin except base, orange; below and terminally hyaline. Ventral 

 blue in front and on last half of rays, central portion of fin lilac with orange 

 shades. (7154.) Same as above except green on cheek and opercle much more 

 extensive and head less elaborately marked. No blue spots on center of dorsaL 



A. 793. Binang Unang Island, Celebes. November 17, 1909. Length, 973 mm> 

 (Canines, upper, 1 — 2; lower, — 0.) 



A. 1447. Kait Point, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length, 260 

 mm. (A. 1447, canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) General color green, top 

 of head with lavender shades; teeth dusky rose; lips peach bloom and chin 

 behind blue band; about base of pectoral and behind and above tip of fin with 

 yellow shades, green colors constant otherwise posteriorly; pink bar at base of 

 each scale. Dorsal front margin and base bright blue, body orange, last ray, 

 greenish. Front margin, base and last ray of anal brighter blue than dorsal, 

 body pink. Caudal greenish blue, each lobe with purplish stripe which 

 becomes orange at extreme tip; fin with white and dusky line between stripes 



