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bony tubercle at predorsal. Gill rakers 2 + 10, short points, about yo 

 of gill filaments, which equal eye. 



Tubes 55 or 56 in lateral line to caudal base; 12 to 14 scales above 

 lateral line, 28 or 29 below. Scales with 10 to 12 basal radiating 

 striae and to 6 incomplete auxiliaries; apical denticles 80 to 145, 

 with 13 to 22 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XII, 27, I or 28, i, fourth spine 1% to 2% in combined head and 

 body, sixth ray 1% to 1% in head; A. Ill, 16, i or 17, i, third spine 

 1/^ to 1%, fourth ra}^ 1^ to 1^; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 

 to 33^8; caudal truncate, slightly convex behind with age, 1% to 1%; 

 pectoral 1 to 1^; ventral 1 to 1^. 



Largely dark brown. Pale or whitish band from middle of inter- 

 orbital down over nostrils to chin, where broader. Lips similarly 

 pale. Broad pale to whitish vertical band from predorsal above 

 tubercle down including greater postocular region to chest, wheie 

 greatly widened down to ventrals. Dorsals, caudal and pectorals all 

 pale to whitish. This leaves large median area of body dark with 

 its front and hind marginal sections as broad blackish bands, including 

 below ventrals and anal; inner margins of band diffuse within brown 

 and little marked. 



Philippines, Formosa. A handsome species, greatly like Heniochus 

 varius but with pale lips and a pale band vertically across the muz- 

 zle. It also has a uniformly pale or light soft dorsal and caudal, 

 besides most of the spinous dorsal. 



8148, 8149, 8162 (No. 67,354 U.S.N. M. Type). Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf, 

 Luzon. Length 217 to 220 mm. Interorbital below horns and still lower 

 white, slightly dusky before cheek. Bar from front of dorsal downward 

 includes all of head posteriorly except opercle tip and all of breast to ventral 

 bases silver}- white, upper portion slightly dusky with somewhat brassy tinge. 

 Third dorsal spine gray, color continued as lighter band diagonally across side 

 through middle of anal. First 2 dorsal spines black, color passes downward 

 to include all of ventral bases and all of abdominal region darker, scales mar- 

 ginal darker brown with pearl}' or purplish centers. Dorsal from tip of fifth 

 spine to base of sixth and diagonally along its basal edge, including upper and 

 posterior caudal peduncle and all of caudal fin cadmium orange, becoming 

 slightly dusky toward tips of soft rays; scales below dorsal posteriorly black, 

 especially marginally, center of each with steel bluish area, becoming smaller 

 lower down toward anal base. Front and vertical edge of anal purplish black. 

 Pectoral base blackish, including all ray bases and all of scaly portion, rest 

 lemon yellow. Ventral black. 



8717. Batan Island, Rapurapu Island. June 5, 1909. Length 185 mm. 



8239. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf. March 9, 1909. Length 238 mm. 



9348. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. April 21, 1909. Length 180 mm. 



8387. Port Dupon, Leyte Island. March 17, 1909. Length 192 mm. 



A701, A702. Si Amil Island. September 26, 1909. Length 225 to 227 mm. 



7706. Ulugan Bay near Rita Island. December 29, 1909. Length 173 mm. 



A963, A964. BinangUnang Island. November 17, 1909. Length 210 to 219 mm. 



A1153, A1154. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length 152 to 

 170 mm. 



A1598. Soo Wan, Formosa. January 29, 1910. Length 200 mm. 



