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Scales in lateral line 22, 3 or 4 + 2; 4 scales above lateral line, 9 

 below, 9 predorsal. Scales with 29 or 30 basal radiating striae, 

 apical 24 or 25; circuli very fine. 



D. IX, 11, I, ninth spine S}i to d% in head, first ray 2^ to 2^^; 

 A. Ill, 10, I or 11, I, third spine 33^ to 4^, first ray 2% to 3}i; 

 caudal 13^ to 1%, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2}4; pectoral 14^ to 1%; ventral 1^ to 2i/g. 



Back brown, below whitish. Deep brown obscurely defined 

 median lateral band, with 3 or 4 blotches downward behind pectoral 

 and on tail and caudal peduncle 3 ill-defined blotches. Short dark bar 

 close behind eye and outer lobe of pectoral neutral dusky. Variable 

 heliotrope gray blotches or bands on side of head. Spinous dorsal 

 with marginal and basal row of pale spots, also median and basal 

 longitudinal row on soft dorsal; black blotch medianly at front of 

 soft dorsal and sometimes smaller one at front of spinous dorsal. 

 Anal with median longitudinal gray band and basal row of white 

 spots. Caudal pale, with 7 or 8 transverse grayish lines. Paired 

 fins pale yellowish. 



Red Sea, India, East Indies, Queensland, Riu Kiu, Micronesia, 

 Samoa. A very handsome species, usually with a curved blue band 

 on the cheek, sometimes forming a complete circle. 



1 example, Bolalo Bay, Palawan. December 21, 1908. Length, 75 mm. 



1 example, Batan Island tide-pool, Rapurapu Strait. June 5, 1909. Length, 

 83 mm. [1593.] Yellowish olive green, more or less washed with paler 

 posteriorly; head with reddish marks, limited from ground color by narrow 

 pale lines; broad stripe of ground-color across preorbital; another irregular 

 one behind eye passing downward near opcrcle edge with branch forward 

 toward eye; horseshoe lying on cheek almost completed along lower edge to 

 form irregular circle; side of body blackish, most pronounced in central region, 

 where extend upward to dorsal and downward to nose; posterior lateral stripe 

 about breadth of ej^e; anteriorly about three times this breadth, encroaching 

 on band of opercle; above narrow stripe of ground color dark again shows as 

 three more or less rectangular areas at dorsal base, first extending somewhat 

 in front of dorsal, last about equally divided between spinous and soft rayed 

 fin; area separated by pale bars. Dorsal pale red, somewhat vermilion shade, 

 barred and spotted with olive yellow; black blotch on first three soft rays not 

 ocellate. Caudal pale, crossed by six or eight irregular narrow scarlet bars. 

 Anal smoky rose, green bar on outer portion of basal half and another at base; 

 these break on last few rays into blotches. Ventral raj's pale green, except 

 first edges reddish. Pectorals hyaline and light pink shade. 



3 examples, Batan Island, tide-pool. June 8, 1909. Length, 67 to 83 mm. 

 8 examples, Batan Island, tide-pool. June 22, 1909. Length, 68 to 86 nmi. 

 19 examples, Canimo Island near Daet. June 15, 1909. Length, 65 to 82 mm. 



2 xamples, Gubat Bay, Luzon. June 23, 1909. Length, 98 to 100 mm. 



3 examples, Guijulugan Shoal, Negros. April 2, 1908. Length, 71 to 74 mm. 

 [828, 829.] Pale green generally on upper surfaces, becoming somewhat 

 yellowish anteriorly and below, throat and V)rcast nearly white. Three broken 

 lines of bronze across upper side; 3 or 4 duskj' blotches on middle of side, 

 below 6 short whitish narrow bars across back, show whitish only as viewed 



