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and greenish line across chin extend into cheek, broadening into large green 

 blotch, edged with darker, reaching posteriorly to eye; two or three green lines 

 through eye; top of head smoky purple; margin of dorsal broadly blue, indis- 

 tinct greenish line through center, remainder of fin reddish; base of caudal 

 smoky purple, upper and lower margins blue, posterior part greenish; anal with 

 broad area of blue at margin, remainder of fin Ught violet, base blue; pectoral 

 with first two or three rays green, third and fourth rays light violet, remainder 

 of fin becoming Mghter toward posterior margin. Rosy spot on middle of side 

 under point of opercle, 



6400. Mactan Reef. April 6, 1908. Length, 204 mm. (Canines, upper, 1—1; 

 lower, 1 — 2.) Bright green on anterior upper side, becoming smoky green on 

 top of head and dusky posteriorly except caudal peduncle, which, again bright 

 green; edges of scales on anterior green area olive with reddish shade, becoming 

 almost geranium red under hinder portion of dorsal; -lower surfaces bright heho- 

 trope purple, centers of scales shghtly green above; anterior cheek bright emer- 

 ald green, continued as band across nose about width of pupil; upper lip 

 geranium red; teeth white; green at corner of mouth runs into blue on lower lip; 

 narrow blue band from same area behind and on mesial line of throat; ground 

 of chin and throat geranium red; interopercle with round spots and irregular 

 dashes of green and blue, dash of green in front of upper edge of e3'e and behind 

 lower corner; two spots on postorbital, and greenish on eyelid; lower cheek and 

 opercle with some orange shades; dash of green on lower hinder edge of opercle; 

 cheek scales with recticulating olivaceous lines; green scales of side showing 

 same. Front and edge of dorsal and anal azure blue; blue continued as stripe 

 for three scales in front of dorsal and from vent to throat as interrupted hne. 

 Dorsal base with more or less connected row of bluish green spots, center of fin 

 with orange pink shade anteriorly, obscure row of median spots. Anal base 

 shghtly blue, medially hlac purple. Caudal lobes broadly edged china blue, 

 below reddish umber, central rays with reddish dashes basally, and beyond 

 emerald green shading through apple green into yellowish, tips very narrowly 

 dusky. Pectoral china blue, with dark purple area on upper half. Ventral 

 blue in front and on last ray, medially with orange pink shades. Iris golden 

 and dusky. 



6148 and 6197. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length, 241 to 255 mm. 

 (6197, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, 1 — 2.) 



6533. Maricaban Island Reef. July 21, 1908. Length, 237 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 1 — 1; lower, 1 — 1.) Teeth white. Upper lip red; snout and front of 

 cheek green. Caudal base purphsh, yellowish terminallj', edges of lobes blue. 



12143. Masamat Bay, Quinalasag Island. June 12, 1909. Length, 210 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 1 — 2; lower, — 1.) 



5554. Masbate. April 20, 1908. Length, 240 mm. (Canines, upper, 1 — 0; 

 lower, 2 — 1.) Anterior side emerald green, scales bordered with geranium 

 red, change to olive on nuchal region; posteriorly reds increase and green 

 limited to narrow bar across scale; posterior portion of caudal peduncle uni- 

 form emerald green; lower side red, varying from geranium to orange; top of 

 head olive; lips orange, broad green band from upper lip behind, running 

 across corner of mouth and involving area in front of cheek as far back as 

 eye; short green line at front and upper edge of eye and short dashes of green 

 behind eye; second followed by one or two spots on upper opercle; chin orange; 

 narrow blue band between chin and lip, and an irregular one behind chin, 

 following mediari line of throat; interopercular region geranium, much dotted 

 with bright blue. Front and margin of dorsal bright blue, running forward 

 two or three scales in median line in front of dorsal, ventral portion of fin orange, 

 few round green blotches, blue or green blotch at bases of spines and rays. 



