72 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 



Thalassoma Swainson. 



(Julis (Uuithor, nan C'uvicr, whose tautoty])e is the Mediterranean species, 

 Labrus jidis Liniumis. ChloricJtthyn Swainson.) 



430. Thalassoma purpureum Foi-skal. Ohini; Ohile; Palaea (very small), Hon 

 (large). (J. & E., p. 295.) 



A beautiful large fish, rather common at Honolulu. Color mainly blue, with 

 red stripes on the sides. 



431. Thalassoma fuscum ( Lacepede) . Awda. (J. & E., p. 299.) 



A large and handsome fish, which is rather common. Red, with two broken 

 blue-green striyjcs on side, like rows of Chinese characters, the coloration being 

 much like that of T. purjmrcum, but the shades reversed. 



432. Thalassoma ballieui (Vaillant and Sauvage). Hinalea luahine. (J. & E., 

 p. 297.) 



Ver\' abundant. 



433. Thalassoma umbrostigma (Riippell). (J. & E., p. 300.) 



Quite common. General color green, with broken red stripes on side, and 

 with five dark irregular broken cross-bars. 



434. Thalassoma duperrey ((Juoy and Gaimard). Hinalea lauwili; A'alaihi. 

 (J. & E., p. 302.) 



Extremely common. A small and rather slender species. Color bluish, 

 darker behind; the front of body behind head with a broad light brown band. 

 A small species. 



435. Thalassoma lutescens ( Solander) . (J. ct E., ]). 303.) 



Thalassoma lunare Jordan and Evermann, probably not Labrus binaris 



Linnaeus. 

 A rare species, near Thalassntna lunare of the East Indies. (See Jordan and 

 Snyder, " Notes on Fishes of Hawaii," Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., XXVI, 1906, ]). 214.) 



436. Thalassoma neanis Jordan and Snyder. 



Described in the paper above mentioned, and rei)resented by a colored figure, 

 Plate XII, fig. 2. One si^ecimen from Honolulu. An exciuisitely colored little 

 fish, allied to T. lunare and T. luteseens. 

 436. Thalassoma aneitense (CJimther). (J. & E., p. 304.) 



An East Indian species, tak(>n twice at Honolulu. It lacks the brilliant blue 

 and red shades of other species. 



