802 PROCEEDINas OF THE NATIONAL MVSEXJM. vol. xxviii. 



between pupil of eye and base of caudal tin; pectorals. l.r)(» in head; 

 ventrals, 1.50 in head; caudal, l.l<» in head. 



Coloi- in spii'its yellowish, spotted and mottled with brown and 

 dusky; the brownish markings showiui;- as tine vertical ])iinds over 

 back and down sid(>s usually very indistinct; the l)ands showint^ more 

 distinctly in young- specimens, becoming almost obscure in adults; 

 under part of head, thorax, and belly yellowish white, a l)r()wn line 

 around margin of lower lip; some indistinct short brown lines radiate 

 from eve, the most distinct one bcMng: from posterior margin of or])it; 



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Fig. 19. — PETKOflRTES ERETES. 



dorsal tin is grayish with numerous black bk)tches and dots; anal is 

 whitish witii about live dusky blotches made up of black dots; caudal 

 white with dusky blotch at base; some veiy indistinct indications of 

 brown cross-bands on ra3's of tin; pectorals and ventrals uncoloi-ed. 



Six specimens from Negros, Philippine Islands. 



Type.— Cat. No. 51049, U.S.N.M. Lengrh. 3.10 inches. 



HYPLEUROCHILUS Gill. 

 113. HYPLEUROCHILUS LOXIAS Jordan and Scale, new species. 



Head, 4:.2o; depth, »>; eye, 2.75 in head; D. Xll, 20; A. 20; snout, 

 5.10; interorbital about equal to pupil; no lateral line; dorsal not 

 notched. 



Body tdongate, compressed, the anterior of head coming to a blunt 

 rounded point; the mouth is small; the teeth, as in Blennhis.^ a some- 

 what enlarged fang-like curved canine in iipper jaw, none in low(>r 

 jaw, otherwise the teeth consist of a single series in each jaw of rather 

 long-, round, curved, sharp teeth about 10 on each side of upper jaw 

 and 7 on each side of lower jaw; opercles and preopercles entire; gill 

 openings small; angle of mouth is undei- anterior margin of orbit, dis- 

 tance from origin of dorsal to tij) of snout, 5.1o in length of tish with- 

 out caudal, the last ray of dorsal connected by membrane to base of 

 caudal, longest ray of dorsal, 1.85 in head; base of anal, 2 in length of 

 fish, its origin slightly nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; pecto- 

 rals equal to length of head; ventrals, 1.25 in head; caudal rounded, 

 equal to length of head. 



