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from the Philippines we feel sure that it ean not lie the same. It evidently corresponds to TluiUissoma 

 lutesc.ens (Solander) from Tahiti, a species which we think certainly distinct from Thalasaoma lunare. 

 Thalassoma iimnis and Thalasnoma luiescens have much in common, but they seem to be distinct species, 

 differing in the arrangement of colors. T. neanis lacks entirely the dark cross streaks on the scales 

 characteristic of T. hivarr nnd T. hUe.icens. 



22. Anampses godeffroyi Giinther. (PI. xiii, fig. 1.) 

 (Anaittpses ei'ermanni Jenkins. ) 



Several specimens of a large blue Antmipses were seen in the market, and one of these was pre 

 served. This is evidently the species called Anampses godeffroyi by Giinther from a drawing made at- 

 Hilo by Mr. Garrett. The bluish reticulations of the head are finer, more numerous, and not liroken 

 as figured by Garrett, the vertical bars on the scales are more elongate, the stripes of blue on dorsal 

 and anal narrower, and those on tlie caudal more elongate. The entire head and body blue or greenish- 

 blue in life, strongly suffused with a tinge of reddish brown; head covered witli dark greenish blue 

 reticulations, each aliout one-third the width of pupil; li|is reddish; each scale with a vertical blue 

 bar slightly narrower than the reticulations on opercle, the bars generally connected, forming lines 

 extending across the body; bars reduced on caudal peduncle forming oval or round spots; dorsal and 

 anal same color as body, broadly edged with <leep blue, the membrane with 4 longitudinal narrow 

 stripes, those of the dorsal somewhat irregular; caudal reddish orange with stripes which are more or 

 less broken up into oval and circular spots, the fin broadly edged above and below with deep blue; 

 pectoral and ventrals reddish orange, the former greenish blue at base and along upper edge, the latter 

 having the spine greenish blue and the membrane sparsely markeil with elongate blue spots. 



The specimens called AmnDpses yodiffroyi by Jordan & Evermann, and thought to be distinct 

 from A. erermann), differ somewhat in color from the above and may i)0ssibly be distinct, as was 

 supposed when they were first taken. After the specimen here described had been in formalin a 

 short time the pale horizontal stripes described by Jordan & Evermann made their appearance. 

 Other alleged color differences between A. evermanni and .1. godeffroyi are relative, the vertical lines 

 on the scales varying somewhat in width and length, and the caudal stripes being broken up into 

 variously elongated spots. 



It is probable therefore that Auampsfx erermaimi is a synonym of Aiuunpses godeffroyi, and that the 

 reddish shades on the body, seen in life, fade with removal from the water, the blue being more 

 permanent. 



23. Gomphosus sandwichensis Giinther. 



In the llishop ^luseum is a specimen of Gomphosnx, with a colored cast of the same specimen. 

 The species is nmch like Gornpliosus tricolor, but it is apparently not the same, and the black opercle 

 indicates that it is Goiiipftosus sondwichensis Giinther, a doubtful species referred by Jordan & 

 Evermann to the synonymy of Gomphosus tricolor. 



The cast is green, the upper part of the snout pink-red; a sharp red line behind eye; a black 

 blotch on opercle; ba.se of pectoral yellow; the fin green with a blue-black distal area; dorsal green, 

 a narrow sharp red stripe along its middle; base o? caudal purple, the rest green. 



Family SCARICHTHYID^. 



24. Scaridea aerosa Jordan & Snyder, new species. (Fig. 4.) 



This species differs markedly from the other Hawaiian members of tlie genus in having a broad, 

 vertical brassy band posterior to the pectoral fin, and also in the character of the anterior profile, which 

 is decidedly elevated over the eye. 



Head 3.3 in length to base of caudal; depth 2.8; depth of caudal peduncle 2.2 in head; eye 4.5; 

 snout 2.8; interorbital space 4.2; scales 23, 8; dorsal i.x, 10; anal iii, 9. 



Snout Ijlunt, the anterior outline steep between tip of snout and interorbital space, then sloping 

 gently backward to origin of dorsal; jaws equal; cleft of mouth extending to a point below anterior 

 edge of orbit; upper lip double for nearly half its length, the lower one for only about one-fourth ; 



