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pale and obscure. Within ensuing dark areas 3 or 4 parallel verti- 

 cal dark lines. Old examples often with muzzle dark and more or 

 Jess variegated. Iris gray white, except as crossed by dark vertical 

 band which little wider than pupil but not wide as eye itself. Dor- 

 sals and anals deep neutral dusky, with waved obscure deep gray 

 obliquely longitudinal lines. Other fins dusky terminally and both 

 caudal and pectoral quite light in young. The caudal peduncle is 

 deep brown, though nearly blackish in the 3^oung. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Mauritius, Bourbon, Seychelles, 

 East Indies, Queensland, Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. 



We are unable to accept Ogilby's contention that "the color 

 scheme of Zelrasoma hypselopterum is not only quite distinct from 

 that of Zehrasoma veliferum, but is constant at all ages, as may be 

 seen from the descriptions of Bleeker's small and my large examples." 

 Our materials show^ that these differences appear to be the result of 

 preservation. 



It is quite likely that the imperfect Acanthurus suillus account 

 may have been another attempt to describe this species. According 

 to Giinther it is light gray-brown, minutely dotted and spotted with 

 black. The gray fins are with a reddish line along dorsal and anal 

 bases. 



13729. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length 165 mm. 



8362. Atulayan Island. June 18, 1909. Length 198 mm. 



8120. Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length 210 mm. 



16017. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 22,* 1908. Length 144 mm. 



7858, 9446. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length 122 to 193 

 mm. 



12274. Chase Head, Endeavor Strait. December 22, 1908. Length 175 mm. 



13933, 13934. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length 155 mm. 



5367, 5372. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length 195 to 230 mm. 



21741. Cebu market. September 3, 1909. Length 54 mm, 



12481. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. Length 160 mm. 



7247 to 7249. Masinloc Bay, Zambales. November 22 and 23, 1908. Length 

 210 to 243 mm. Snout and chin covered with round light gray dots over 

 ground color of deep brown. Dark brownish purple ban-d passes in fiont of 

 dorsal through eye, across cheek to base of ventral; width not quite that of 

 eye. Four broad bands of same color posteriorly to caudal peduncle. These 

 bands also contain 5 deep brown stripes which in upper part of first band 

 and in lower part of second, third and fourth break into brown dots. Light 

 bars between darker contain 1 or 2 brownish-yellow stripes. Dorsal with 

 deep purple brown edge, becoming very deep brown lower. Bluish-white 

 spots on rays of central part of' dorsal, forming broken lines near posterior 

 margin. Pectorals hyaline purplish. 



7287. Paluan Bay, Mindoro. December 11, 1908. Length 203 mm. 



8752. Parangpong Island. June 10, 1909. Length 288 mm. 



8907. Rosa Island. June 17, 1909. Length 300 mm. 



22902 [491]. Romblon reef. March 25, 1908. Length 64 mm. Sides barred with 

 dark olive green and lemon yellow alternately; dark bars fading resolve into 2 

 brownish bars with pale central dividing line; postocular and next of yellow bars 



