58 BULLETIN OF THK BUKKAU OF FISHERIES. 



Cdlor ill spirits, pale giTiii. witli blotches of darker green on side; 3 black cross-bands on under part of 

 thorax: some fine dark longitudinal lines on opercle, 3 on under part of head; no dark lines through ej'e; snout 

 with ul)out 5 indistinct hands of dots; a dusky l>loteh on base of pectoral (not always present) ; dorsal unmarked. 



\'iM\' near ('. ron.ijiicullatus (Jenyns), l)\it with longer snout, more posterior dorsal and the dorsal scales 

 more roughened. 



Eight specimens from Bacon (no. 389S and 3944; length 4.2 to 4.75 in.). 



Type (field no. 3944). no. .55908, U. S. National Mu.seum. 4.75 in. in length, from Bacon, Sorsogon; 

 collected by Chas. J. Pierson. Of the eotypes, each bearing field no. 3898, one is no. 20001, Stanford Uni- 

 versity Museum; another is no. 4536, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, and one each is in the mviseum at Manila, 

 the Philadelphia Academy of Xatural Sciences, the I'. S. National ^luseum, tlie Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, the Indiana I'niversity Museum, and tlie Field Museum of Natural History. 



Kaiiiily BELO\m.€, 



28. Tylosiu'us giganteus (Tenuiiinek tt Schlegel). 



Five specimens from Bacon (no. .3097, .3098. and 3378 to 3380; length 8.75 to 12 in.i. These agree well 

 with specimens from Hawaii. 



Brionr gigantca Temminek & Sdilegcl, Fauna Japonica, Pisces, 24.5. 1S40, Nagasaki. 



Bt-lonr annuhita, Giinthcr, Cat., vi. 24U. 



Tjilosurus gigiinleus, .Jordan & Evermann. Bull. r. S. Fish Comni., x.xui. pt. 1. 190.5 (1905). 124, fig. 30 (Honolulu). 



29. Tylosurus leiuroides (Bleeker). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3519; length 11.25 in.); dorsal 21; anal 21. 

 Distinguished by tlie long no.se and low dorsal fin. 

 Belone leiuroides Blcekcr, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., i. 18.50. 47ii, Billiton; Giintlier, Cat., vi, 243. 



Family EXOC(ETID.€. 



30. Hyporhamphus quoyi (Cuvier & ^'alenciennes). 



Three specimens from Bacon (no. 3400, .3617, and .361.S; length 7 to 9.1 in.). 

 These agree well with Bleeker's figure. 



Hemir<tiiiphu.^ quoyi Cuvier A: N'alenciennes, Hist. Nat. I'oi.ss., XIX. 2r. (3.')), New Guinea; Giinther. Cat., vi, 2ti7; Bleeker, 

 .Vtlas, VI. .57. pi. CCL. fig. 3. 



31. Hyporhamphus dussumierii (Cuvier Ji Valenciennes). 



Four specimens from Bacon (no. 4005 and .3962; length 2.25 to 4.5 in.), and one from Bulan (no. 3739; 

 length 10 in.). 



We have compared these specimens with others from Samoa identified by Jordan and Scale as H. ajjinis and 

 find them indistingui.shable, and we regard H. aJliniK Giinther as a .synonym of //. ihixsiiniiei-ii. 



He:iiiTavii>hns dussumerii Cuvier tt Valencionnos. Hist. Nal . Poiss.. xix. 24 (;i3) . pi. o.54. Seychelles; tliinther. Cat., vi, 2f>rt. 



32. Hemiramphus marginatus (Forskal). 



Four fine specimens from Bacon (no. 4160 to 4Ui3; Icmglli 10 in.i agreeing with Bleeker's figure. 



Kfor moTginatus Forskil. Descr. Aniin.,57, 1775, Red Sea. 



Hemirhamphus marginaluf, Giinther, Cat., vi, 270; Bleeker. .\tlas. vi. .54. pi. ecLiv. fig. 4. 



33. Cypsilurus simus (Cuvier & ^'alenciennes). 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3308 and 3309; length 0.5 and 0.75 in.), two from Bulan (no. 3202 and 

 .3203; length 9.2 and 9.75 in.), and one from the "Philippines," no definite label (no. 4164: length 9.3 in.). 

 We have compared these with examples from Honolulu and find them to agree perfectly. 



Kjoaitus ttirnu^ Cuvier tV Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss.. xi.x. 77 (105), Hawaiian Islands. 



Ctipsilurus nimus. JoTdan & Evermann, Bull. C S. Fish Comm.. xxni.pt. 1. 1903 (190.51. 1.34, fig. 4U (Ilonoliiln: Wainiea 

 and Ihtnaniaulu Buy. Kauai; and Napili, Molokai). 



