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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Thus 
  we 
  have 
  decided 
  to 
  recognize 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  and 
  one 
  new 
  

   subspecies. 
  Larger 
  series 
  will 
  make 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  

   exact 
  status 
  of 
  these 
  new 
  forms. 
  Among 
  our 
  12 
  specimens 
  of 
  ocellata 
  

   there 
  is 
  Uttle 
  variation 
  in 
  color 
  pattern 
  except 
  that 
  which 
  occurs 
  

   between 
  small 
  (young) 
  specimens 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  adult 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Named 
  ocellata 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  oceUate 
  spots 
  which 
  help 
  to 
  

   characterize 
  all 
  known 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Wetmorella. 
  

  

  Wetmorella 
  albofasciata, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Flats 
  12. 
  £ 
  

  

  Wetmorella 
  philippina 
  (in 
  part) 
  Fowler 
  and 
  Bean, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Bull. 
  100, 
  vol. 
  

   7, 
  p. 
  212, 
  1928 
  (specimen 
  from 
  Mabul 
  Island, 
  Philippines). 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  USNM 
  93504, 
  Mabul 
  Island, 
  Philippines, 
  Albatross, 
  

   September 
  29, 
  1909, 
  standard 
  length 
  36.4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  IX, 
  10; 
  anal 
  111,8; 
  pectoral 
  ii,10-ii,10; 
  

   pelvics 
  1,5-1,5; 
  branched 
  caudal 
  6+5; 
  pores 
  in 
  lateral 
  line 
  15+7 
  with 
  

   2 
  scales 
  above 
  and 
  6 
  below 
  to 
  anal 
  origin; 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  21. 
  

  

  Certain 
  measurements 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  expressed 
  in 
  

   thousandths 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  length 
  are 
  recorded 
  in 
  table 
  2. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  morphological 
  characteristics 
  of 
  albofasciata 
  are 
  so 
  similar 
  

   to 
  those 
  of 
  ocellata 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  deemed 
  necessary 
  to 
  repeat 
  them 
  here 
  

   except 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  more 
  slender, 
  its 
  greatest 
  depth 
  

   about 
  three 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  standard 
  length. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  — 
  Background 
  coloration 
  brownish, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow, 
  

   white 
  bar 
  from 
  just 
  behind 
  ocellate 
  spot 
  in 
  soft 
  dorsal, 
  passing 
  across 
  

   body 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  ocellate 
  spot 
  in 
  soft 
  anal 
  fin, 
  ending 
  on 
  front 
  of 
  anal 
  

   fin; 
  pedimcular 
  white 
  bar 
  confined 
  to 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  caudal 
  peduncle, 
  

   not 
  extending 
  much 
  above 
  peduncular 
  lateral 
  line; 
  a 
  short, 
  white 
  bar 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  ocellate 
  spot 
  in 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  and 
  ends 
  near 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Figure 
  54. 
  Holotype 
  of 
  Wetmorella 
  triocellata, 
  new 
  species 
  (USNM 
  93529) 
  from 
  the 
  

   Philippines. 
  Drawn 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Aime 
  M. 
  Awl. 
  

  

  