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shading into purple on top of head above; below bounded by second green 

 band, this in turn Vjy scarlet; wavy green stripe along lower margin of cheek, 

 another parallel on subopercle, and median stripe at junction of branchiostegal 

 membrane; short stripe from eye toward angle of mouth, and another broken 

 one through top of eye backward. Bright green spot on shoulder and few 

 irregular green markings on orbit. Dorsal purplish red, becoming brighter 

 just under submarginal black line; front and edge of fin with blue band. 

 Caudal purplish, edged with blue. Anal bright dahlia, witk purple front 

 and margined by broad band of blue bordered by submarginal line of black. 

 Ventral crimson, spine and tip of first ray with slat}' blue. Pectoral dusky 

 purplish. Iris with golden green shades. 



4942. Same data. Length, 247 mm. General color, dark hooker green, lacking 

 round spots on scales; teeth little exposed; scarlet of upper lip broad. Scales 

 narrowly edged with dark heliotrope purple; top of head with purplish shades, 

 which surround eye and continue on chin and lower head. Narrow green 

 band across nose; another from corner of mouth across chin, leaving lower 

 lip very narrowly scarlet; from front of eye wavy green line passes downward 

 joining its fellow, runs back as median line on branchiostegal region. Dorsal 

 reddish, with broad blue band on front and upper margin, defined by black; 

 red beneath bright; hinder membranes with green blotches in centers. Caudal 

 yellowish green in center, tipped with blue bar in fork, and becoming emerald 

 green toward base; lobes with broad median stripe of orange red, bordered 

 above and below by blue. Anal with purplish shades, membranes with dusky 

 green centers, front and margin of fin broadly blue, resting on black. Ventral 

 dusky purplish, front edge and middle of tip blue. Pectoral dusky heliotrope 

 purple, tipped with hyaline on membranes. Teeth greenish blue. 



6648. Varadero Bay. July 23, 1908. Length, 188 mm. Greenish or indigo 

 teeth. Body dark green, fading to claret ground color. Green shoulder 

 blotch. 



7162 to 7164. West coast of Palaui Island. November 18, 1908. Length, 172 

 to 245 mm. (7162 canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) Purplish black, with 

 green shoulder spot. Scales on fading show vertical series of reddish blotches 

 on each, over side of body and back. Teeth, green. Margins of dorsal and 

 anal, blue. 



13637. Una Una Road, Binang, Unang Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. Novem- 

 ber 18, 1909. Length, 169 mm. 



12937. Tidore Island, south of Ternate. November 25, 1909. Length, 147 mm. 



12169. Apra Bay, Guam. November 19-21, 1907. Length, 123 mm. 



6687. Hong Kong market. August 13, 1908. Length, 300 mm. Teeth, indigo 

 green. General color, green, brownish shades over back and sides and top of 

 head. Lips narrowlj- brown. Brownish line from ej'^e to corner of mouth, on 

 either side green; chin blue. PurpHsh blotch on one side behind eye. Dorsal 

 with front edge blue, body orange brown, probably bluish or greenish at bases 

 of rays; anal similar. Caudal with edges and tips of lobes blue, body color 

 brown. Ventrals with front and tips blue; body color brown. Pectorals 

 brown, margin of fin dusky, base and upper raj' darker. 



A. 872. Limbe Strait, Celebes, Dutch East Indies. November 10, 1909. Length, 

 277 mm. (Canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) Plain dark green. Teeth, 

 indigo. Snout with orange brown. Dorsal brown, green stripe in membrane, 

 fin edge blue on black. Caudal with purple brown stripe in lobes, edged all 

 around with blue. 



30535 U.S.N. M. New Guinea. Australian Museum. 1 example. Length, 

 240 mm. 



