FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 263 



13714. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 101 mm. 



1 example, Cataingan Bay, Masbate. April IS, 1908. Length, 85 mm. 



8250 and 8251. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length, 115 mm. 



1 example, Little Santa Cruz, Zamboanga. May 26, 1908. Length, 105 mm. 



15963. Masbate Reef. April 20, 1908. Length, 82 mm. 



20672. Port Banalacan, Marinduque. February 23, 1909. Length, 61 mm. 

 [1166.] Scarlet stripes on head becoming more dusky on sides and posterior 

 portion of body, wide as interspaces. Blue between red stripes on head and 

 bright green line on blue from mouth corner under eye to opercle point. Blue 

 between red stripes on body, more dusky posteriorly and light below. Isth- 

 mus blue. Dorsal edge light blue, base green, then blue edged blue black; 

 median stripe in front blue edged blue black; median stripe posteriorly green 

 edged blue, then blue black. Black blue-edged ocellus on upper caudal base; 

 fin margin blue green at tips, black above; brick-red and blue stripes on 

 caudal with green streaks in centers of blue stripes near fin base. » Anal with 

 base and edge blue; central green stripe and light blue edges with blue black; 

 narrow blue stripe, narrowly edged black between central green stripe and 

 outer blue edge, interspaces brick red. Pectoral with small blue spot at 

 upper corner of axil, base yellow, rest of fin hyaline. First ventral ray 

 purple-blue, rest of fin green. 



21630. Port Jamelo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length, 87 mm. 



20767. Pujada Bay. May 15, 1908. Length, 86 mm. 



20003. San Miguel Harbor, Ticao Harbor. April 21, 1908. Length, 74 mm. 



21871. Seingaan Island. September 21, 1909. Length, 96 mm. 



1 example, Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length, 97 mm. 



12381. Tataan Island, Tawi Tawi Group. February 21, 1908. Length, 80 mm. 



16272. Teomabal Island. September 18, 1909. Length, 90 mm. 



10890. TiUg, Lubang. July 15, 1908. Length, 92 mm. 



12708. Tumindao Island, reefs south lagoon. February 26, 1908. Length, 89 

 mm. [311]. Ground color showing mostly as stripes ranging from dull ver- 

 milion and scarlet on head to dusky brick red posteriorly; anteriorly with 

 many bright grass green stripes equal to interspaces in width; about 4 or 5 

 cross-bars of green, first two from base of dorsal to below lateral line, the next 

 two to axial line; short bar a-t axil of dorsal; median line on forehead, greenish 

 blue, reaching front of dorsal; snout blue continued backward above eyes and 

 shading into green on back of head; chin pale blue, color continued backward 

 as margin about the spatulate green stripe lying under eye and across middle 

 of opercle; another stripe of green bordered by blue lies across preopercle and 

 subopercle; median stripe of bright blue on throat, somewhat broken across 

 breast. Dorsal bright green at base, followed by brick red bar bordered with 

 darker, then yellowish green bordered by blue; on distal half two lighter red 

 bars and two narrower blue ones, last margin; median green bar becomes 

 bluish on anterior two membranes. Caudal marked at base by yellowish 

 green, bordered narrowly blue; latter as median stripe and as half bars on 

 base of each lobe, beyond median portion of fin black, reddish brown on side 

 portions, entire fin tipped blue. Anal like dorsal. Ventral grass green, 

 edged brown and blue. Pectoral dusky hyaline, axil and base bright cadmium 

 and spot at upper corner of base. Iris bluish green, inner margin of red. 



HALICHOERES RICHMONDI. new species 



Depth 2^ to 3%; head 3^ to 3%, width 2%. Snout 2% to 

 2%; eye 63^ to 6%, 23^ to 2% in snout, \}/2 to \% in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches ^ to eye, 3^ to 4 in head; teeth uniserial, rather 



