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and most contrasted or darker. Black predorsal saddle like blotch 

 little smaller than eye. Above eye less than eye-diameter white 

 band down through eye and across cheek to lower edge of preopercle, 

 above broader than pupil and below narrower, also front and hind 

 edges each with dark bordering line. Upper lip deep brown. Soft 

 dorsal and anal broadly edged yellow, with black submarginal line 

 shading into dark gray down on fin. Outer half of caudal pale, with 

 median black transverse line expanded medially or somewhat cres- 

 centic in some specimens; fin yellowish basally, and in young dark 

 transverse basal line. Pau-ed fins light brownish, membranes of 

 ventrals with some dark brown. 



East Indies, Melanesia, Hawaii. The species is sometimes with 

 variation in the dark vertical bands, as they may be irregular on one 

 side and constant on the other side of the same individual. Sometimes 

 these bands may be more waved than usual or two may be joined by 

 a dark crossbar. 



4843 and 4844. Biri Channel. June 1, 1909. Length 82 to 94 mm. 



4855. Cagayanes Island. March 31, 1909. Length 64 mm. 



3900. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length 71 mm. 



2214(3. Cebu market. August 28, 1909. Length 71 mm. 



8134. Dasol Bay. May 9, 1909. Length 76 mm. 



4710 Ligpo Point, Balayan Bay. January 18, 1908. Length 92 mm. 



4883. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. Length 82 mm. 



1264, 1277, 3592, 3640, 3641, 4710. Mactan Island, Cebu. March 25, 1909. 

 Length 82 to 90 mm. Generally sulphur yellow, with 8 irregular vertical olive 

 green bars, widest posteriorly. Entire back, sides and below with numerous 

 small round green spots. Black median predorsal blotch. Top of head and 

 snout olive green. Yellow stripe begins over eye, extends down on cheek, bor- 

 dered each side with black and pale blue line. Lower side of head, breast and 

 snout paler yeUow than body. Mandible tip pale blue. Belly between ventral 

 and anal white, margined by yellow line. Scaled portion of dorsal nearly uni- 

 formly green like bars on sides; tips of spines and rays greenish yellow, become 

 clirome yellow posteriorly; narrow pale blue line next to yellow edge, then 

 narrow black line. Anal base green like dorsal, margin pale yellow, with sub- 

 marginal yellow and blue stripe which wider than on dorsal, then black one 

 adjoins. Base of caudal pale yellow margined by black bar, terminal % of fin 

 colorless. Caudal peduncle vermilion, extends also on basal % of last anal 

 rays. Pectoral colorless. Ventral rays dirt}^ straw color. 



5774 and 16148. Mahinog, Camiguin Island. August 3, 1909. Length 64 to 

 86 mm. 



3893. Maribojoc Bay, Bohol Island. March 26, 1909. Length 80 mm. 



1074 and 1075. Masbate reef, Masbate. April 20, 1908. Length 90 mm. 



611 and 21980. Murcielagos Bay. August 9, 1909. Length 77 to 89 mm. 

 Three examples. 



4756 and 4757. Northwest of Verde Island. July 22, 1908. Length 90 to 95 mm. 



735, 3903, 20568. Opol, Mindanao Island. April 4, 1908. Length 57 to 88 mm- 



372 to 374. Paluan Bay, Mindoro Island. December 11, 1908. Length 83 to 

 90 mm. 



627 and 628. Port Banalacan, Marinduque. February 23, 1909. Length 85 to 

 86 mm. 



