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10910. Isabel, Basilan. April 11, 1909. Length, 120 mm. 



11369. Jolo reefs. March 6, 1908. Length, 148 mm. 



17640. Mompog Island, Anabayan Island. March 3, 1909. Length, 128 mm. 

 [1210.] Green, with obscure pale peach stripes; three distinct saddles of dusky- 

 reddish from below spinous dorsal and 2 or 3 obscure saddles posterior to these; 

 head and breast pale, former with peach bloom stripes broadly across preorbital 

 and cheek, same spots and darker on top of head and behind eye. Dorsal 

 pink, with dark median stripe on spinous fin, ends in black blotch on first 2 

 soft rays; double row of median blotches through soft dorsal, paler than ground 

 color. Anal obscurely barred. Caudal pale green, with 3 reddish bars. 

 Black stripe at pectoral base. 



22023. Panpan, Tara Island. September 26, 1909. Length, 104 mm. 



17622 Port Langcan, Palawan. April 8, 1909. Length, 82 mm. 



12234. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length, 86 mm. 



4659. Tambul Sigambul, Tonquil Island. September 14, 1909. Length, 

 105 mm. 



12371. Tataan Island, Tawi Tawi Group. February 21, 1908. Length, 132 

 mm. [275.] Olive green; top of head and back darkest, becoming pale 

 posteriorly and below; four dusky saddles across back double duplicated in 

 dull buff in interspaces between; three or four longitudinal stripes of similar 

 color anteriorly with reddish shades becoming ochraceous posteriorly; various 

 mottling of same color posteriorly; scattered dusky on ventral region; buff 

 saddle across nuchal region with black spot near each end; somewhat similar 

 saddle on occiput; pale reddish black spot in center of roundish blotch in upper 

 angle of opercle; four irregular stripes across interorbital ; broader stripe of 

 same color, reddish ochraceous, across preorbital on to premaxillary, defined be- 

 low by narrow brown and blue stripes; purplish blotch behind eye; two purplish- 

 pink lines across cheek, and opercle blotched with same color; upper and lower 

 lips pale green. Dorsal tipped with red anteriorly, variously mottled with 

 dusky greenish and reddish shades below; a black blotch above; soft part 

 hyaline at tip, with reddish bars through middle portion of fin; brown and 

 black blotch across middle of last two spines and first 3 rays, dash of yellow 

 above; last ray citron yellow basally. Caudal membrane hyahne, rays alter- 

 nate pale orange and green. Anal hyahne, tip resting on pale blue line; wavy 

 pale purplish-pink line across fin basally, bordered bluish; medianly greenish 

 shades and another pale purplish bar outside. Ventral greenish hyaline. 

 Pectoral same, citron yellow base followed by black and lavender bars. 



14294, 16274, 16492. Teomabal Island. September 18, 1909. Length, 99 to 128 

 mm. 



18778. Tictauan Island. September 8, 1909. Length, 130 mm. 



6423 and 18956. Tilig, Lubang. July 14, 1908. Length, 115 to 147 mm. 



6171. Tonquil Island, east of Gumila reef. September 14, 1909. Length, 

 112 mm. 



71554 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 145 mm. 



CORIS BATUENSIS (Blocker) 



Julis (Halichoeres) batuensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 12, 



1856-57, p. 240. Batu Island. 

 Hemicoris batuensis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Ne6rl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 107, 



pi. 36, fig. 3 (Batu). 

 Coris batuensis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 194 (copied). 



Depth 3K to 3%; head 33^, width 23^. Snout 3^ to 3%; 

 eye 43^ to 4^, 1 3^ to \%'m. snout, 1 to 13^ in interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches % to eye, length 3% to 3^ in head; interorbital 43^ to 4^, 

 convex. Gill rakers 9 + 11, lanceolate, ^ length of gill filaments. 



