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adjacent region dull pink, with greenish shades; side of head and opercle orange 

 brown, front of head intricately vermiculated with green and pale scarlet 

 stripes; scarlet showing as three round spots on bluish green upper lip, and 

 second bar behind of broken roundish dots; lower lip bluish, with dull red spot 

 in center; red bar across chin, broken in center by blue; short, irregular green 

 markings on the interopercle and a median green stripe backward to isthmus; 

 opercle with lower edge with green stripe and pink margin. Dorsal with front 

 and tip bright china blue band; scales at bases bright green; center of fin with 

 a series of bright green blotches on membranes, fused across spines on anterior 

 half; above orange, below with more red. Caudal with orange and red lobes,, 

 edged blue; tips of rays blue in central portion, blotched with green at base. 

 Anal front and edge broadly banded with azure blue resting on narrow black 

 line; bluish green blotch at base of each ray, partly on scales; body of fin 

 dusky lilac. Ventral straw color, edged bright blue. Pectoral grass green,, 

 dusky hyaline terminally, upper edge narrowly greenish blue and dull red 

 stripe on lower edge, indefinitely blotched with purple basally; fin colors con- 

 tinue to axi], which more dusky above. Teeth white. Iris golden and dusky. 

 (5017.) Very dark olive green, with claret wash; dull claret on lower head, breast 

 and belly, showing as vertical bars on bases of all scales on posterior half of 

 body; ventrally borders of scales white; across cheek two or three short dusky 

 purplish bars; lips narrowly geranium red; two dusky stripes across chin 

 enlosing reddish band. Teeth pink at base, white at tips. Dorsal reddish 

 olive centrally, red becoming brighter as indefinite bars above and below; 

 front and margin of fin black. Caudal margin olive green, rays dusky claret. 

 Anal dusky claret, front edge and base blackish. Ventral similar to anal. 

 Pectoral with upper half claret, base and lower half dusky. Iris golden. 

 Another smaller specimen darker, almost purplish black; dusky bars on cheek 

 not distinct. 



5799. Tataidaga Point, Pujada Bay, Mindanao. May 15, 1908. Length, 200 

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



6460. TiUg Bay. July 15, 1908. Length, 250 mm. (Canines, upper, 2—2; 

 lower, 2 — 2.) Teeth reddish; general colors green, brightest on anterior 

 back, caudal peduncle and cheek, shaded with red elsewhere; chin and lower 

 head orange, with green stripes and spots; upper lip narrowly orange and back 

 green banded; dorsal orange, with green front and margin, base and last ray, 

 obscure central band of same on front portion; anal similar, but marginal 

 green much deeper; caudal apparently dark blue, inner distal portion paling 

 to yellow; ventral orange, with green front; pectoral green or blue, with orange 

 or purple stripe in upper part. 



6476. Same data. Length, 220 mm. (Canines, upper, 2 — 1; lower, — 0.) 



7672. Ulugan Bay, Palawan Island. December 28, 1908. Length, 186 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 1 — 2; lower, 2 — 2.) Teeth white; front or cheek green; 

 lower head reddish, with blue stripes and spots; middle tip of tail yellowish 

 green. 



7705. Same locality. December 29, 1908. Length, 190 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 1.) Teeth white; upper lip reddish, with green behind; 

 green under eye and across lower preorbital, continuing into blue chin bands; 

 lower head reddish, with blue spots and lines; dorsal front and margin blue, 

 also base; body orange, with obscure row of greenish dots through center; 

 middle portion of caudal yellowish green; lips blue. 



6625. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length, 260 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 2.) 



7165. West coast of Palaui Island. November 11, 1908. Length, 207 mm. 

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



