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a straight course to base of caudal fin; another (4) beginning 

 on under side of lower jaw, curving across cheek and down- 

 ward to lower edge of opercle, thence dorsally on cleithrum to 

 front of pectoral base, beginning again at rear of pectoral 

 base and curving a little downward in a nearly straight course 

 to base of caudal fin; streaks (3) and (4) separated by one 



row of scales S. albovitta " (Bonnaterre) 



10&. White streak (3) beginning at middle of front edge of preorbital, 

 passing along ventral edge of eye and posteriorly just above 

 pectoral base, thence slanting a Uttle ventrally behind pectoral 

 and ending about opposite the 10th or 11th lateral hne scale; 

 another (4) beginning on underside of lower jaw, curving 

 dorsally across cheek, thence ventrally across lower tip of 

 opercle and dorsally along edge of cleithrum, ending at front 

 of pectoral base, commencing again in axil of pectoral, curving 

 a little ventrally, one scale row below streak (3), and con- 

 tinuing straight to base of caudal fin; streaks (3) and (4) are 

 on adjoining rows of scales without a row between them. 



S. linearis, new species 



Table 103. — Certain counts recorded for various species (except maculatus) of 

 Stethojulis represented in the U. S. National Museum 



> William T. Leapley made 66 of the pectoral ray counts for this species. 

 ' Counts made on figure of holotype. 



5' Labrus albovittata Bonnaterre, in EncyclopMie mfithodique, Tableau encyclopfdique des trois regnes 

 de la nature .... Ichthyologie, vol. 6, p. 108, pi. 98, fig. 399, 1788 (no locality; on Eoelreuter). 

 Stethojulis albovittata Gunther, Fische der Sudsee, vol. 2, pt. 7, p. 256, 1881; ibid., vol. 3, pt. 8, pi. 141 fig. B, 



1909 (on figure by Garrett). 

 Julis balteatus Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage autoux du monde . . . snr . . . VUranie et la Physicienn'; 

 Zoologie, p. 267, pi. 56, fig. 1, 1824 (Hawaiian Islands). 



