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Scales in lateral line 16 to 19, 5 + 2; 2 scales above lateral line, 

 6 or 7 below, 6 predorsal; 3 rows of scales on cheek, of which lowest 

 row of 3 scales on preopercle flange. Scales with 35 or 36 basal 

 radiating striae, apical 36 or 37 imperfect; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 10, I, ninth spine 3 to S}i in head, first ray 2ji to 33^8; 

 A. Ill, 9, I, third spine 2 to 3)^, first ray 2^ to 3; caudal 1}^ to 13^, 

 deeply concave behind, points well exserted; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2yo to 23^; pectoral 13^ to 1%; ventral 1% to IJ/g- 



Body dull brown generally. Top of head, predorsal and front of 

 back to sixtli scale of lateral line deep brown in contrast. Broad 

 yellowish band across upper lip and to lower eye edge. Teeth 

 greenish. Dorsals pale brown, with deeper marginal band. Anal 

 yellowish basally, with outer portion broadly pale olive. Caudal 

 brown, with grayish longitudinal streak on median rays of each lobe. 

 Pectoral pale brown, with broad dark longitudinal band. Ventral 

 brown, inner rays paler. 



JRed Sea, Seychelles, Zanzibar, Philippines, to the Society Islands. 

 We find that Callyodon lazulinus and C. elerae do not in any way 

 differ from the present species. 



7955. Balayan Bay, Luzon Island. Length 278 mm. (Canines upper, 2 — 2; 

 lower, 1 — 2.) Teeth white; upper lip very narrowly pale orange; above 

 yellowish greenish covering rounded snout and most of top of head; opercular 

 surface and hinder part of cheek dusky yellowish green; lower lip and chin 

 pale blue behind peach, then blue band running into green, which carried 

 down from top of head across preorbital; behind smoky peach, becoming 

 almost slaty at edge of interorbital and on breast; back and side green with 

 more or less purplish overshade, margins of scales purple; lower parts smoky 

 purple, becoming yellowish on belly and breast; blue band across throat and 

 dash of blue and green through interopercle; broken blue stripe through 

 centre of belly; basal half of dorsal dark green, front and margin blue, bronzy 

 yellow band under blue rising from root of second spine of almost even breadth 

 throughout; edge of caudal lobes blue, smoky purplish stripe through each, 

 central portion of fin green, slightly paler than body; front and terminal 

 third of anal blue, basal third dark green, central third purpUsh; ventrals 

 blue with purple stripe through second ray and bar like off shoot near base; 

 pectorals dark green with very bright stripe covering upper half except first 

 ray of dark smoky purple. 

 6497. Balikias Bay. July 17, 190S. Length, 353 mm. (Canines, upper, 1 — 2; 

 lower, — 0.) Teeth indigo. Upper lips broadly orange, lower very narrowly 

 purple, broadly blue behind and orange still posteriorly. Broad green band 

 across snout, continues backward under eye, disappears on opercle; dash of 

 green through upper eye. Top of head olivaceous, with orange shade in front. 

 Back green, margins of scales geranium, fading out bluish lilac shades below. 

 Front and margin of dorsal and anal blue, body purplish orange to red, base 

 olive. Edges of caudal lobes blue, broad red stripe through each, body green 

 basally, bluish terminally. Ventral pale bluish green in front, reddish shades 

 in rays. Pectoral purplish, upper rays bluish green. Iris golden. 

 8333. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length, 324 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) Teeth indigo; posterior and middle side distinctly 

 red and breast and lower head with olive green wash over pale bluish green 



