1907.] NATURAL SCIKN-ClvS OK IMI I LA DKLl'lII A. 439 



costal region. Uayed vertical (ins ail with traces of cUisky blotches 

 or spots, though now obscure. A jet-black l)lotch at bases of last 

 dorsal rays. Iris brownish. 



Length 4| inches (caudal damaged). 



Type, No. 33,126, A. N. S. P. Victoria. 



This species is -very closely related to Coris veniista Vaillant and 

 Sauvage from Honolulu, but differs in the jet-black blotch at the bases 

 of the last two dorsal rays. It approaches most closely the figure of 

 Hemicoris reinidius Jenkins, Bull. U. S. FisJi Coynm., XIX, 1899 

 (1900), p. 49, fig. 5, also from Honolulu, which is thouglit identical 

 with Coris venusta. 



{Dorsum, back; macula, spot; with reference to the black spot at the 

 bases of the last dorsal ra3's.) 



MONACANTHIDiE.^ 

 Braohaluteres trossulus (Riehardsou). 



One small example. 

 Osbeckia scripta (Gmelin). 



One young. 



DIODONTID^. 

 Diodon blochii (nstelnan. 



One example. 



OSTRACIIDJE/ 

 Aracana aurita (Shaw). 

 One large example. 



Aracana flavigastra (Gray). 



Four specimens agreeing with Richardson's figure. 

 Aracana ornata (Gray). 

 Two fine examples. 



TETRODONTID^.^ 

 Spheroides riohei (Freininvillc). 



One example with 3 dark or blackish saddles over the back. 

 Tetrodon nigropunctatus Schneider. 



One example of deep chocolate-brown color and fins all with pale 

 creamy tints. Spines over body of moderate length. 



^ Chcdodon lunula (Lac(5p6cle) from the Hawaiian Islands. 



* Ostracion concatenatus Blocli, Ostracion lentiginosnis Schneider and Ostracion 

 cornntus Linn;rus from "South Sea Islands." 

 ' Retnorn remora (Linnicus) from New Zealand. 



