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larger one on shoulder. Dorsal front and margin, except last three rays, 

 china blue on black; body of fin claret and brown, with greenish shades pos- 

 teriorly; base green under scales of sheath. Edges of caudal lobes china blue 

 on black; tip similar but paler; broad dark claret stripe on each lobe, central 

 rays sooty green; anal like dorsal. Paired fins body color, front of ventral 

 blue. Pectoral nearly uniform. 



5658. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 2.3, 1908. Length, 278 mm. 



6270. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 124 mm. 

 [1024.] Green shoulder mark. 



6692. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length, 198 mm. Dark purple or 

 black, with green shoulder marks. Teeth greenish. Upper lip red, lower blue, 

 with very narrow red border; blue chin band, with stripe through eye. Dorsal, 

 anal, and caudal edges and ventral front, blue. 



21175. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length, 132 mm. 



5625. Caxisigan Island, off Balabac. January 2, 1909. Length, 172 mm. 



5315 and 5323. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length, 223 to 273 mm. Gen- 

 eral color, green black; teeth china blue; lips scarlet, upper one broadly, 

 dark green line behind both above and below; claret behind on chin; pale 

 on front of head above; dark green stripe from front of eye half way to corner 

 of mouth, then downward on chin and back in median line to isthmus; small 

 blotches of green behind orbit, double line on interorbital; bright green blotch 

 size of pupil on shoulder; body scales edged with dark claret; front and 

 edges of dorsal and anal, edge of lobes and tip of caudal, bright china blue; 

 dorsal with some blue at base, body of fin very dark umber; anal same, with 

 greenish shades; lobes of caudal umber, central portion almost body color; 

 ventral blue, front and edge very dark purplish as main body. Pectoral 

 very dark smoky purple; iris golden. 



6216 to 6220. Gaiera Bay. June 9, 1908. Length, 170 to 270 mm. Green, 

 with orange lips. Scales very dark green, with claret or bay edges. Breast 

 purple. Shoulder green. Teeth green. 



16640. Same data. Length, 142 mm. 



6359 and 6360. Jamelo Bay. July 13, 1908. Length, 220 to 282 mm. [6359.] 

 General color, brownish. Teeth green. [6360.] General color, dark green. 

 Teeth green. Lips orange. Green bands and spots on chin and throat. 



13090. Kapoposang Island. December 28, 1909. Length, 160 mm. 



6064. Little Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga. May 28, 1908. February 25, 

 1909. Length, 287 mm. Very dark green, with claret margin to scales 

 which shows after fading. Upper lip broadly scarlet, lower lip narrowly and 

 very dark green behind each; viridian lines radiate from eye, one across pre- 

 orbital downward in front interorbital, running backward as mesial throat 

 line with bluish shade; greenish lines or spots bordering interorbital and 

 around lower and hinder edge of cheek; light green spot on shoulder. 

 Dorsal with front edge indigo, body with reddish shades. Caudal lobes edged 

 indigo; broad reddish stripe within terminally one-half of central portion, pale 

 greenish margined with blue; basally with purplish shades. Front edge 

 and last half ray of anal bright blue, body pale blue with reddish shades, 

 probably near body color in life. Ventral smoky purplish, with blue front. 



6065 to 6068, 6071. Little Santa Cruz, Zamboanga. May 28, 1909. Length, 134 

 to 223 mm. Bright green anteriorl}', dusky yellow posteriorly. Interorbital 

 green, anteriorly bluish with lilac tints. Lips lilac pink; bright green band 

 behind upper lip, fusing into green cheek margin, branch of which extends to 

 mouth corner and another across chin; lower lip same as upper; blue line 

 on throat. Cheek behind throat and opercle dull greenish, shading into 

 dusky and yellowish; suborbital region with bluish lilac shades extending 



