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on lower head on red ground; upper anterior part of body green, scales with 

 brownish or red margins; lower anterior and middle of body mostly red; teeth 

 white. 



6242. Medio Island, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 240 mm. 

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



7598. Pancol, Malampaya Sound, Palawan. December 25, 1908. Length, 

 263 mm. 



5912 to 5915. Parang, Mindanao. May 23, 1908. Length, 240 to 287 mm. 

 (5912, canines, upper, 1 — 0; lower, 1 — 0.) Teeth almost entirely covered 

 by lips. Green stripes on snout narrow; green lower lip without red. Red- 

 dish stripe in pectoral not extending to tip of fin. (5913, canines, upper, 

 2 — -2; lower, — 0.) General color viridian, bases of scales with geranium red 

 bars. Top of head olive. Interorbital and snout vermiculated and spotted 

 with green. Ground color of snout and side of head more or less orange, be- 

 coming geranium below. Upper lip bluish green, with occasional orange spot; 

 lower lip blue, with red median spot. Throat line blue. Green band in front 

 of interopercle, another behind turning brown violet below. Side of head 

 more or less dashed and spotted with green. Lower edge of gill cover reddish. 

 Front of dorsal and edge indigo, body of fin reddish orange, becoming purplish 

 below and posteriorly, median band green and breaking into spots on soft 

 portion, base green. Caudal dull purplish orange terminally, edges of lobes 

 and tips of rays with blue. Front and margin of anal blue, body lilac, base 

 with green. Pectoral green, stripe of reddish in upper half. Front of ven- 

 tral blue, rest of fin pale. (5914) Similar. Teeth white, like above. Green 

 lines of front of head without definite pattern. (5915, canines, upper, 2 — 2; 

 lower, 1 — 2.) 



1 example, Philippines. Length, 298 mm. (Canines, upper, — 0; lower, 1 — 0.) 



8177. Port Busin, Burias Island. March 7, 1909. Length, 305 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 0.) 



5748 and 5749. Port Capunuypugan, Mindanao. May 10, 1908. Length, 300 

 to 315 mm. (Canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 1.) 



7107 and 7108. Port San Pio Quinto. November 11, 1908. Length, 318 to 349 

 mm. (7107, canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 0.) Green, scale bases red. 

 Teeth white. Side of head below eye orange, about snout and chin with blue 

 green network of lines. Dorsal edge orange blue, green streaks on membranes. 

 Anal lilac, edges blue. Caudal blue and lilac, greenish near base. 



7401. Port Uson, west of Pinas Island. December 17, 1908. Length, 287 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, 2 — 2.) Teeth pale rosy; dull orange shades on 

 lower opercle; front of head geranium with vermiculating green lines. Dorsal 

 with blue front and margin, body ranging from purplish below to orange above, 

 roundish green areas in center of each membrane fusing anteriorly, green blotch 

 at base of each spine and ray. Caudal blue, rays with orange shades in middle 

 of fin, dash of blue at tip of each lobe; orange extends on to membranes 

 terminally, bright green basally. Anal front and margin blue, purplish on 

 body with green at base. Ventral with blue front. Pectoral yellowish green, 

 bronzy stripe through upper half two-thirds from base. 



10744. Quinalasag Island, Masamat Bay. June 12, 1909. Length, 218 mm. 



8906. Rosa Island, Lagonoy Gulf. June 17, 1909. Length, 343 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, 2 — 2.) 



6281. Romblon. March 25, 1908. Length, 220 mm. Emerald green, scales 

 with geranium red vertical bar at bases, becoming dusky and obscure anteri- 

 orly; top of head olivaceous; front portion of interorbital region almost without 

 lines; between eyes green lines and spots and nose with finely vermiculating 

 green lines of orange red continued on preorbitals; lips bluish with central dash 

 of orange; chin band dull orange red with blue spot in center, behind greenish 



