ART. 33. NOTES ON FISHES OP HAWAII E. K. JORDAN 31 



last but one dorsal ray, reappearing two scales below and continuing 

 to caudal ; tubes of lateral line variously branched, much so on some 

 scales, hardly at all on others ; in general the complexity of branching 

 decreases posteriorly. 



Dorsal spines flexible, their length about 3.3 in head ; dorsal rays 

 slightly elevated, about 3 in head, and similar to soft anal; caudal 

 truncate; ventrals fairly long, about 2.2 in head; pectorals much 

 longer, 1.4 in head, the posterior edge evenly curved and the upper- 

 most rays not produced. 



Color in life greenish brown, becoming pinkish below on breast 

 and belly; each scale with a rather broad border of dark reddish 

 brown ; on sides of belly the greenish is reduced to light blue spots on 

 a pinkish ground; head somewhat reddish, marked with sky blue; 

 an irregular brown area, vertically oblong, bordered with bright blue 

 and margined with purple before each eye, these two patches not 

 quite united over median line ; various light blue and olive spots and 

 dashes on sides of head; lips brownish pink; an irregular, oblong, 

 bluish area behind lower lip, extending to both sides ; teeth pale rosy. 

 Pectorals brown, the first ray blue, a dull blue cross streak before 

 base; ventrals light orange, the first ray blue; caudal dusky, the 

 outer rays slightly darker; dorsal with a blue green stripe along 

 base, then light orange, then a diffuse stripe of pale green, then a 

 stripe of darker orange a bit wider than others, a narrow blue black 

 margin; anal similar, the orange and blue brighter. 



Color in spirits dull brown, lighter below, the margins of scales 

 lighter; the markings on head retained, but the blue faded to yel- 

 lowish white and the purple to dusky; teeth rosy brown. Dorsal 

 and anal whitish, margined with duslr^, this margin particularly 

 abrupt and prominent on anal, the dorsal obscurely darker at base ; 

 pectoral clear, obscurely streaked with brownish, and darker at base ; 

 ventrals pale, a little darker on first ray and at tip. 



In a general way the life color pattern resembles that of S. per- 

 spicillatus^ but this fish is essentially brownish in life and not bright 

 green. The fins, also, are not banded as in >S'. perspicillatus ; the 

 saddle before the eye is more irregular and not continuous over the 

 top of head ; and the lower lip lacks the broad, solid band. 



A single specimen, the type, 14% inches in length, was taken in 

 the Honolulu market. It is Cat. No. 87417 U.S.N.M. Named for 

 Prof. Frederick G. Krauss, of the University of Hawaii, with whose 

 family the writer resided while in Honolulu, and who kindness and 

 generosity were unfailing. 



SCARUSi DUBIUS Bennett. 



Scarus dtihius Bennett, Zool. Journ., vol. 4, p. 828, no. 13, art. 3, p. 37. Oahu. 



Scarus iennetti Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, p. 270, 

 1839. Oahu, same example. 



