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caudal peduncle to caudal base. Iris dark brown. Blackish-brown 

 band across interorbital and down from eye posteriori}'- narrowing 

 below until point at angle of preopercle spine and edges bordered 

 with bluish lines. Another blackish-brown blotch upward from pec- 

 toral axil includes hind edge of opercle and humeral region, extending 

 well above level of eye and reflected below and behind pectoral base ; 

 front edge with bluish bordering line and hind edge with yellow line 

 giving off oblique yellowish lines of body. Edges of lips bordered 

 with bluish. Spinous dorsal as exposed, soft dorsal marginally and 

 all of caudal light yellowish-brown. Soft dorsal narrowly edged with 

 blue and submarginal dusky line. No border to caudal. Anal much 

 darker than trunk or tail, only longitudinal yellow bands curving 

 along its extent; edge narrowly bluish and with dark submarginal 

 line. Pectoral and ventral brownish, former with blackish base and 

 latter with spine and membranes bluish. 



Red Sea, Mauritius, Zanzibar, Ceylon, East Indies, Queensland, 

 Micronesia, Polynesia. 



A very striking species, easily known by its color-pattern. The 

 obhque lines are not quite alike in any two specimens and moreover 

 are different on either side of the body. 



8093. Alimango Bay, Burias Island March 5, 1909. Length 260 mm. Body 

 alternately striped brigiit yellow and purple, yellow stripes about half width 

 of pupil or nearly J^ of diameter of eye. Nuchal region and anterior back 

 slaty or smoky, sliglitly more purplish on snout and cheek, dark brown on 

 breast; black stripe across interorbital passes through eye, curves downward 

 on posterior preopercle limb and bordered by bright purple lines equal in width 

 to yellow body lines; large black area across slioulder including pectoral base, 

 extends about half way between upper angle of gill opening and front of spinous 

 dorsal and bounded on front by bright purple line passing down near hind 

 opercle edge; posterior border of black not limited by yellow as shown in 

 Bleeker's plate but the body stripes entirely meeting its margin or with very 

 slightly expanded ends. Belly rusty brownish. Spinous dorsal white termi- 

 nally, including all of first 2 spines and their membranes, wliite narrowing to 

 marginal stripe on soft fin, extends nearly to tips of produced rays; lower por- 

 tion of dorsal with body colors carried on, posterior part of vertical edge dull 

 orange, extreme vertical margin narrowly blue on black submarginal line. Anal 

 largely purplisli, brown terminally; yellow body stripes invade fin and become 

 purple on body; tips of spines and edge of fin bright purple, soft fin with very 

 narrow black edge. Caudal cadmium orange, body stripes ending at its base. 

 Pectoral black, membranes hyaline terminally. Ventral rays umber, spines 

 purple at tip and membranes pale purplish. 



A525. Bulan Island. September 1.3, 1909. Length 198 mm. 



8507. Entrance to Puerta Princesa Bay. April 5, 1909. Length 160 mm. 



6230. Medio Island, Galera Bay, Mindanao. June 9, 1908. Length 215 mm. 



One example. Philippines. Length 140 mm. 



8529. Verde del Sur Island. April 6, 1909. Length 204 mm. 



A1208. Doworra Island. December 2, 1909. Length 270 mm. 



A748. Sipadan Island. September 28, 1909. Length 230 mm. 



43943 U.S.N. M. Mauritius. Col. Nicholas Pike. Length 217 mm. 



61679 U.S.N.M. Suva, Fiji. Dr. B] G. Corney. 



