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base; lower head and breast purplish, with blue spots and lines. Teeth white. 

 Dorsal base blue, also front and edge, medially orange. Anal similar, but 

 with lilac rather than orange. Caudal with broad blue edges, medially yel- 

 lowish green, base blue with over shades of purplish, whidh also form infra- 

 marginal stripe in lobes. Pectoral bluish, with purplish stripe through upper 

 half. Ventral front blue. 



7402. Port Uson, west side Pinas Island. December 18, 1908. 2 examples. 

 Length, 175 and 205 mm. (Canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 1, in both.) Teeth 

 white; top of head slaty purple; blue in front of dorsal, body anteriorly above 

 with greenish ground, posteriorly and below red predominates; caudal peduncle 

 bright green; cheek with green connecting across snout; lips narrowly orange; 

 lower head red, with blue spots and lines. Dorsal front and margin blue, 

 body bright orange, small roundish green blotches across center of spines, 

 becoming obsolete on posterior rays, green at base. Caudal with blue edges 

 to lobes, body of fin yellowish green, with purplish shades at base, and in 

 stripe under blue of lobes. Anal blue and purplish. Ventral front blue. 

 Pectoral blue, with purplish stripe through upper half. 



7302. Sablayan, Mindoro. December 12, 1908. Length, 212 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 1.) Teeth white; orange upper lip; green nose, and 

 bluish under eye anteriorly, green above; posteriorly and below reddish; dorsal 

 and anal with broad green margins, body orange, blue or green at base; caudal 

 yellowish green centrally; pectoral -with purple stripe above center. 



6799. Sacol Island. September 9, 1909. Length, 220 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 1.) Posterior portion of body bright red, centers of scales 

 with small greenish areas; red confined to bases of scales on side above pectoral, 

 central portion bright green, top of head and anterior back olivaceous; lower 

 part of preorbital and front of cheek bright green; lower head reddish orange 

 with blue stripes and spots. Front and margin of dorsal and anal broadly 

 blue; body of dorsal orange, with round green spot in center of fourth spine to 

 second ray; greenish at bases of rays. Anal blue at base, basal half red, similar 

 to body. Caudal lobes blue edged, hinder portion of fin emerald, base with 

 purple dashes, peduncle bright green. Ventrals orange, with broad blue fronts 

 and dash of blue on last ray. Pectorals blue, with purplish stripe through 

 upper half. Teeth white. 



8539. San Fernando, Union Province, Luzon, March 17, 1908. Length, 231 

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



5684. Santa Cruz. April 24, 1908. Length, 223 mm. (Canines, upper, 2—2; 

 lower, 1 — 1.) Top of head purplish olive, becoming purple on snout; teeth 

 white; cheek pale viridian; upper lip narrowly orange, snout emerald above; 

 lower lip, chin, and head geranium, with light blue lines and spots; opercles 

 slightly orange, bordered below with geranium and green; anterior back scales 

 viridian to emerald, bordered with reddish purple, red increasing below; dorsal 

 front and edge blue, body bright orange, green spot centrally; distal half of 

 anal blue, base purple, with blue spots at bases of rays. 



A. 782. Sebatic Island. October 1, 1909. Length, 290 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 2—2; lower, 0—0.) 



17667. Sitanki Reef. September 24, 1909. Length, 160 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 1 — 1; lower, 1 — 1.) 



5014 to 5018. Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length, 175 to 202 mm. 

 (5014, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, 1 — 2; 5015, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, 1 — 2; 

 5016, canines, upper, 1 — 2; lower, 1 — 1; 5017, canines, upper, 1 — 0; lower, 1 — 1; 

 5018, no canines.) (5016.) Bright green, scales margined with reds, varying 

 from very dull olivaceous red on top of head to geranium pink posteriorly; 

 vertical bar of red on each scale from middle of body posteriorly; breast and 



