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identical with S. fnsciatus in all structural details. Two cotypes of S. 

 griseus, de Vis, retain some of the blue spots on the hindei' portion of the 

 body, while the pectorals, ventrals, and caudal show vestiges of their 

 colour marking; they likewise are identical with S. fasclafxs. The 

 holotype of S. furms is badly stuffed, and retains but few of its distinguish- 

 ing chai-acters, but agrees with S'. fdKciatiis in all that remain. 



We are indebted to Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby for much assistance in the 

 compilation of the above synonymy, and for valuable notes on variation, 

 etc. He also enabled us to examine the types of >S'. griseus, S. sublinentus 

 and S. paujjer, while that of S. fur ens was seen b}-^ the senior author at an 

 earlier date. 



Locs. — We have examined Australian specimens fi'om the following 

 localities: — Murray Island, Torres Strait; coll. Hedley and McCullocli. 

 Darnley Island, Torres Strait ; holotype of S. li)ieoh(tiis. Cape Grenville, 

 Queensland; coll. " Chevert " Expedition. Two Isles, off Cape Bedford, 

 Queensland; coll. Hedley and Briggs. Dunk Island, Queensland; coll. E. 

 J. Banfield. Cardwell, Queensland ; holotypes of (S*. pauper a,xid S. siib- 

 lineatns. Masthead Island, Queensland; coll. A. R. McCulloch. 



S. ftisciatus ranges fi-nm the Red Sea and east coast of Africa to the 

 Pacific, reaching Samoa and Tonga. 



SaI;Arias fuscus, L'iippell. 



S al arias fuffcuf!, Riippell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 135, pi. xxxii., 

 fig. 2. Id., Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. 245. hi, 

 Day, Fish. India, 1876, p. 330, pi. Ixx., fig. 2, and Supplement, 1888, 

 p. 797. Id., Giinther, Fische Siidsee, vi., 1877, p. 202, pi. cxvi., fig. 

 c. Id., Weber, " Siboga " Exped., Fische, 1913, p. 530. 



Salarias rnficavdiis, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xi., 1836, 

 p. 328. 



Salarias phuiosoma, Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., viii., 1855, p. 317. 



Salarias holomelas, Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), x., 1872, p. 399. 

 Id., Jordan and Seale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bur., xxv. 1906, p. 431. 

 Specimens from Queeiisland do not differ from one received from Dr. 



Francis Day, which was collected at Sind, India. Jordan and Seale have 



suggested that the black colour of tlie caudal fin distinguishes S. 



hulonielas from S. fiiscns, but the Queensland examples include both 



forms, and thereby indicate that this charactei' is not of specific value. 



Though this ,s{)ecies is described as without canines, a very small 



internal tooth is present on each side of the mandible. 



Locs. — Murray Island, Torres Strait; coll. Hedley and McCulloch. 



Masthead Island, off Port Curtis, Queensland ; coll. Dene B. Fry, 1910. 



Sind, India; Dr. Day's Collection. Fiiendly Islands and New Hebrides, 



South Pacific. 



Salarias spaldinci, Macleay. 

 (Plate iii., fig. 1.) 



Salarias spahliugi, Maclea}', Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ii., 1878, p. 



359, pi. ix., fig. 4, and Loc. cit., vi., 1881, p. 12. 

 S(d((ri(is pniictlllatus, Klun/ingei', Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wieii, Ixxx. i., 1879, 



p. 389. Id. Macleay, Proc. Liuu. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. 37. 



