72 



Dulcs maio, Lessox, Voy. Coquille, Zool., ii, 1826-'o0, 223. 

 Dults leiiciscua, Jenyns, Zool. Bengle, Fish., 1842, 17. 

 Moronopsis ciliatus, Bleeker, Arch. Neerl., 1872, 376. 

 Moroiiopsis marginatus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 82. 



D. OyV- A. j\. L. lat. 53. L. trans. ^. 



Coloration as in Dules marginatus, as given by Giiuther in Fiscbe der 

 Sudsee. Sides of the body spotted. 

 Locality : Waialua, Oahu. 



CHILODIPTERID^. 



APOGON AUEITDS, Cuv. & Val. [No. 15396]. 



Apogon auritua, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., vii, 1831, 443. — Gunther, Jour. 



Mu8. Godeff., ii, 1873, Fische der Sudsee, 1, 23. 

 Apogon punctulatm, Ruppell, N. W. Fische, 1837, 88, pi. 22, f. 4. 

 Apogon variegatus, Valenciennes, Nouv. Ann. Mus., i, 55. 

 Apogonichthys polyatigma, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., vi, 1854, 484. 

 Apogonichthya auritus, Gunther, Cat. Fish., i, 1859, 246. — Playfau?, Fish. Zanz., 1866, 21. 



Locality: Honolulu, Oahu. 



PEIACANTHIDJE. 



PRIACANTHUS CAROLINUS, Cuv. & Yal. [No. 17994]. 



Priacanthus carolimia, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des. Poiss., iii, 1829, 105. — Lesson, 

 Voy. Coq. Zoiil. Poiss., ii, 1826-'30, 224.— Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., 

 1851, 235.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., i, 1859,219; Jour. Mus. Godeff., ii, 1873-75, 

 Fische der Sudsee, i, 17, pi. 18. 



Locality : Harbor of Honolulu, Oahu. 



Immature specimens. During the month of September, 1873, an im- 

 mense shoal of the young of this species entered the harbor of Hono- 

 lulu. The largest of them did not exceed three and a half inches in 

 length. This shoaling, we were told, has occurred a number of times, 

 but at uncertain intervals. The coming of the " red-fish," as they are 

 called, foreshadows in the minds of the simple natives the sickness and 

 death of some member of the royal family ; and, on account of the 

 pliant disposition of the Kanakas, the prophecy is usually fulfilled. But 

 the fish are by no means unwelcome visitants to the common people, 

 who are busy catching them night and day, as long as they remain. 

 They are dried, and eaten without cooking. 



