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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. XXVIIl. 



Family I'LATYCEPHALID.E. 



PLATYCEPHALUS Bloch. 

 93. PLATYCEPHALUS INSIDIATOR (Forskal). 



One large specimen. 



Family GOBIID.E. 



PERIOPHTHALMUS Bloch. 



94. PERIOPHTHALMUS BARBARUS (Linnaeus). 



Numerous specimens. 



SCARTELAOS Swainson. 



{BoJeopx (ilLL.) 



95. SCARTELAOS VIRIDIS (Buchanan-Hamilton). 



One tine specimen. 



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Fig. 12.— SCARTELAOS VIRIDIS. 



VALENCIENNEA Bleeker. 

 96. VALENCIENNEA sp. 



Four specimens, similar to others from Samoa. 



HYPSELEOTRIS Giinther. 

 97. HYPSELEOTRIS CYPRINOIDES Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Seven specimens, in good condition. 



BUTIS Bleeker. 

 98. BUTIS LEUCURUS Jordan and Scale, new species. 



Head, 3; depth, 5; eye, 5 in head; D. Vl-D; A. 1<»; scales 29 from 

 posterior margin of opercle to caudal; snout, 2.75 in head; interorbital 

 6 in head; tongue rounded; no posterior canines; head covered with 

 minute scales; smooth bony ridges on head without serrations. 



