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base, which continued well up on last membrane. Ventral s pale green. Pec- 

 torals green, with narrow reddish bar in upper half, about midway on rays. 

 (8131, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) Teeth rosy; snout green, upper 

 lip scarlet at corners; lower lip narrowly scarlet, with broad band of blue on 

 either side, broken through middle, orange scarlet behind; blue spot at end of 

 interopercle; interrupted blue line on throat, showing only in front and at 

 meeting of branchiostegal- membranes; dark green band across front of inter- 

 orbital region, joining another across preorbital, inclosing dark purplish brown 

 more or less rectangular area between interorbital and snout; top of head 

 green, with brown areas on hinder portion of interorbital region; back and 

 posterior of sides green, scales with reddish bar at base; from eye across upper 

 opercle and into side to last third of pectoral bright scarlet orange area; small 

 square or rectangular dash of green behind eye; under eye green, covering 

 cheek and lower opercle; on lower preopercular limb and interopercle dull 

 orange and slaty shades; breast and belly region gray, with orange wash. 

 Front and margin of dorsal blue, base of rays blue, becoming green posteriorly, 

 including all of last half ray; body orange, with narrow central bar of green, 

 beginning on third or fourth spine. Caudal blue, each ray e:^ept outer ones 

 with narrow stripe of dull orange brown. Outer half of anal bluish green, 

 including all of anterior rays and narrowing to about two-fifths of penultimate 

 ray; rays bluish at base, dull orange or ocher bar across basal portion, broadest 

 behind. Ventrals pale orange, fronts bright blue. Pectorals orange, upper 

 rays bluish green and basal portion pale green. 



8104. Alimango Bay. March 5. 1909. Length, 273 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 1—1; lower, 0—0.) 



6496. Balikias Bay. July 17, 1908. Length, 205 mm. (Canines, upper, 2—2; 

 lower, 1 — 1.) Teeth white. Tip of snout, front of cheek grass green; lips very 

 na,rrowly lilac, same at lower head and body; blue stripes and dots on lower 

 head and chin; median blue line on throat; greenish stripe through eye; front 

 of head slaty lavender. Dorsal and anal fronts and edges blue; body of dorsal 

 orange scarlet, base green; anal body purplish; median longitudinal band on 

 dorsal and anal obsolete. Edges of caudal lobes blue, within pale green, 

 somewhat purplish at base. Pectoral nearly indigo, purplish stripe through 

 center. Ventral with front blue, rays pale purplish to orange, body green and 

 geranium. 



A. 498. Baluk Baluk Island. September 12, 1909. Length, 248 mm. (Ca- 

 nines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) 



8623, 16356. Biri Channel. June 1, 1909. Length, 230 to 244 mm. (8623, 

 canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0; 16356, canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0; 

 both var. bowersi). 



9934 and 12121. Biri Channel. June 2, 1909. Length, 187 to 195 mm. (9934, 

 canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0; 12121, canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0; 

 bowersi) . 



8643, 8648, 8651. Biri Channel. June 22, 1909. Length, 177 to 250 mm. 

 (8643, canines, upper, 3 — 2; lower, — 0; 8648, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, 

 — 0; 8651, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, 1 — 1.) 



7455. Bolalo Bay, Palawan. December 21, 1908. Length, 285 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 1 — 2; lower, 0—0.) Teeth dusky rose; side of head broadly green; 

 dorsal with blue front and margin, base and central bar green on bright orange 

 body ground; anal blue, with reddish median bar from base of first spine to 

 near tip of last ray; two round spots on last two membranes near base. 



5617 and 5618, 5620. Busin Bay, Burias Island. April 22, 1908. Length, 215 

 to 307 mm. (5617, canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0; 5618 and 5629, canines, 

 upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) 



