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with traces of 6 or 7 darker longitudinal lines. Pectoral dark oliva- 

 ceous and ventral dusky, with grayish. Hind edge of opercle narrowly 

 dusky. Pale blue line along dorsal base and dusky brown line along 

 edge of back. 



Red Sea, India, Ceylon, East Indies, Philippines, Polynesia. 



We feel certain that the young example described by Day is the 

 present species, and that its so-called yellow coloration is the result 

 of preservation. Day mentions that his example was captured " some 

 years since"! We find a still smaller example than Day's type and 

 it shows a brown coloration like our other specimens. Moreover its 

 tail is slightly emarginate, as Day shows. Harpurus gnophodes is the 

 adult stage, with greatly increased narrow blue longitudinal lines and 

 many having faded from the type. We are thus able to establish 

 the species with some indication of its life cycle. 



A499, A600. Balukbaluk Island. September 12, 1909. Length 290 to 305 mm. 



A557. Bulan Island. September 13, 1909. Length 295 mm. 



8457. Cagayanes Island. March 31, 1909. Length 334 mm. 



A1534, 14622. Doc Can Island. January 7, 1910. Length 138 to 270 mm. 



7498, 9253. Endeavor Strait, Malampaya Sound, Palawan Island. December 22, 

 1908. Length 220 to 250 mm. Very dark purplish slate, with numerous nar- 

 row purple stripes. Fins not barred. 



8221, 8222, 8252. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 9-14, 1909. 

 Length 238 to 383 mm. 



9915. Inamucan Bay, Mindanao. August 8, 1909. Length 140 mm. 



6948. Jolo Market. May 31, 1908. Length 80 mm. 



8228. Maculabo Island. June 13, 1909. Length 303 mm. 



10816. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 20, 1909. Length 150 mm. 



9346. Murcielagos Bay. August 21, 1909. Length 258 mm. 



14651. Parang, Mindanao. May 23, 1908. Length 224 mm. 



5894, 5895. Polloc, Mindanao. May 22, 1908. Length 245 to 260 mm. Seal 

 brown, with numerous pale blue stripes, most pronounced on side of head and 

 upper part of body. 



14046. Sacol Island. September 9, 1909. Length 156 mm. 



12209. Santa Cruz Island, Marinduque. April 24, 1908. Length 208 mm. 



4898. Siasi Island, Masbate. February 17, 1908. Length 255 mm. Seal brown 

 generally. Many narrow slate gray stripes along side of head and body, about 

 wide as interspaces, somewhat irregular on back and lower parts, tending to 

 follow profiles of body. Broad yeUow stripes pass through eye across top of 

 opercle. Branchiostegal membrane edged black. Iris dark brown, with some 

 bronze. Dorsal like body, somewhat yellowish, margins distinctly black; sev- 

 eral indistinct narrow slaty bars, probably marked in life. Anal like dorsal 

 with 4 narrow slaty bars. Pectoral dusky, darkest basally. Ventral brown. 



A624. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length 268 mm. 



A652, 17098. Simaluc Island. September 23, 1909. Length 163 to 298 mm. 



A555. Sulade Island. September 18, 1908. Length 335 mm. Ground color 

 slaty, fading olive yellowish. Side of head and body with numerous horizontal 

 indigo purple stripes. On fading sulphur yellow band through eye. Dorsal 

 and anal without bars, ground color very dark olive and edges blackish. Cau- 

 dal slaty, without definite markings. Paired fins like body color. 



