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BULLETIN OK THE HUKKAU OK KI8HKKIES. 



ti't'th of upper jaw on outer edge of dental plate, iilternatint;, in 2 series for aliout half length of jaw, 

 wliere they are followed liy a single strong cniveil canine wliicli projects outwanl ami ))ackward; 

 below and i)osterior to the canine the dental iilate hears on its sn rfacc> a row < if small blunt teeth; 

 lower jaw with 3 rows of teeth anteriorly, 2 laterally, and 1 pnstcriorly, all nu outer edge of dental 

 plate, which has a rather rough flat surface within tlic rnus of teeth; dorsal spines stiff and sliarp, the 

 lirst I Inugest) contained about 2.5 times in head, lays simicw liat shorter, there lu'ing hut little iliffer- 

 ence in the height between the sjiinous and snft dorsals; anal .spines .'!, small and slender, the soft rays 

 nearly equal in height, 2.6 in liead; dorsal and anal extending an equal distance posteriorly ; ventral 

 rounded, 1.7 in head; pectoral ]."i in head; uppc^r lube n( caudal slightly i-onca\e, the lower rounded, 

 the middle anil upper rays h ingest, basal iiortion nf lin with large scales; lateral lini' folic iwing contour 

 of hack to a point below poste7-ior end of dorsal, where it is abruptly hent downward, passing along 

 middle of caudal ]>ednncle; .scales on occiput and im opercles, a single row passing oblicpiely dciwnward 

 on cheek below eye; a series nf -1 scales anterior tu nrigiu of dor.sal tin. 



Color dusky, indistinctly mutt led witli lighter and dai'ker sliades; a biuad ililfuse band nf bright 

 brassy yellow, extending iilili(|nely acro.ss the side finui between the third and seventh dnrsal spines 





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to the anterior end c.f bas<- .if anal; dorsal mottled «illi blackish; other linsduskv; liasi' of jiectoral 

 and chin blackish. 



The type no. .'lyTSii, b. .<. National -Mn.<eiim, from the market at llouoliihi, measmes ll.."i inches 

 m length. .VnothiM- spec-imen i:;..") inches long, does not differ from the type, excejit that the teeth are 

 s-omewhat worn, the canines being broken off; the yellow cro.ss-band is less distinct. 

 25. Callyodon perspicillatus (Steindachner). (PI. xiii, tig. 2.) 



We present a colored plate of this handsome species, taken from a fresh specimen, in which, 

 howeviT, certain evanescent shades, as of golden on the opercular flap and rosy on ihe base of the 

 dorsal, had failed. 



F;iniilv tH.^: nillOMID.i:. 



26. Chaetodon ephippium (liloch). 



A cast of this most liandsome species, which is rather common in the South Seas, is in the liislioj) 

 Mu.seuin. The specimen came from Honolulu, and this is the first Hawaiian record. 



Probably the name Zauc/us i-'irmitn.'i should be retained for the common species of /.(nirhix. as '/.. 

 cdiiiscfiis is ]irobably a distinct species. 



