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brown, latter with 4 or 5 dark blotches along each outer edge above and 

 below and brown band at base of fin. 

 8810, 8812, 21671, 21672. Santiago River, Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 



1909. Length 90 to 106 mm. 

 4888. t-iasi Island. February 16, 1908. Length 310 mm. Ground color slate 

 gray, more bluish on back, olive slate on forehead. Side of h.ead brassy yel- 

 low, ground color showing as indigo stripes and spots; narrow stripe from 

 front of eye halfway to preorbital edge, another beneath, near lower preorbital 

 edge to angle; third somewhat parallel rises near upper opercle edge and extends 

 irregularly and obliquely to lower corner of mouth; below 3 round spots on 

 middle of cheek; branch from last line extends downward in front of hind pre- 

 opercle edge and ends above front of lower limb; two spots near preopercle 

 angle; opercle with indistinct lines and 1 round spot. Over entire side and 

 caudal peduncle above level of pectoral base numerous rounded and elliptical 

 bronze spots, slightly less than pupil. Broad blotch about IH times eye below 

 hind end of dorsal. Iris olive and golden. Dorsals dark olive with plumbeous 

 shades on soft rays. Anal like dorsal, spinous fin with orange shades, soft fin 

 more plumbeous. Caudal dusky plumbeous, edge darker and entire fin thickly 

 spotted with small round dusky spots }/^ diameter of pupil. Pectoral hyaline 

 dusky. Ventral dusky, first spine with yellowish blotches. 



5716. Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length 328 mm. 



7841. Taganak Island. January 7, 1909. Length 235 mai. 



4923. Tataan, Simaluc Island. February 20, 1908. Length 240 mm. Gen- 

 erally azure blue, everywhere with orange spots slighth' smaller than pupil. 

 Under surface drab. Large orange spot just below and before soft dorsal 

 axil. Reticulating blue lines on nuchal region down across preopercle, cheek, 

 snout and top of head with smaller blue dots. Spinous dorsal pale lemon 

 yellow and soft dorsal with bluish rays, membranes pale red. Spinous anal 

 like spinous dorsal. Anal with blue rays, membranes with orange wash. 

 Caudal pale blue, darker at tip. Pectoral grayish-white. Ventral yellowish- 

 white, spines drab. Iris yellow. 



6438. Tilig, Lubang. July 14, 1908. Length 335 mm. 



7959. Ulugan Bay, Palawan. December 28, 1908. Length 318 mm. 



6664, 6665. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length 222 to 227 mm. 



A1518. Daisy Inlet, Bumbum Island. Jan. 6, 1910. Length 356 mm. 



A 1229. Gomomo Island. December 3, 1909. Length 305 mm. 



5049. Sandakan, Borneo. February 29, 1908. Length 225 mm. 



12042, 20395. Sandakan. March 2, 1908. Length 84 to 147 mm. 



A938. Dodepo and Pasejogo Islands, Dutch East Indies. November 16, 1909. 

 Length 255 mm. 



A936, A937. Pasejogo Islands. November 16, 1909. Length 258 to 265 mm. 



A890. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 10, 1909. Length 320 mm. 



30563 U.S.N. M. New Guinea. Australian Museum. Length 233 mm. 



52043 U.S.N.M. Negros Island, Philippines. Dr. Bashford Dean. Length 

 208 mm. 



55952 U.S.N.M. Bulan, Philippines. Length 258 mm. (4056 B. F.). Philippine 

 Commission. As Signnus lineatus. 



58053 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga, Philippines. Dr. E. A. Mearns. Two examples. 

 Length 200 to 232 ram. As Siganus vermiculatus. 



71685 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa, Riu Kiu Islands. Two examples. Albatross 

 Collection, 1906. Length 120 to 123 mm. 



72267 U.S.N.M. Aparri, Philippines. R. C. MacGregor. Length 85 mm. As 

 Signnus lineatus. 



