634 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
Of this species we have but one specimen, which measures 120 milli- 
meters, from Misaki. It is recorded as type No. 6852, Zoological 
Museum, Stanford University. 
It is near Sfethojidis pheA'adopleura Sleeker, of the East Indies, but 
differs in coloration, as it also differs from S. terma. 
(trossula, a belle, or elegant young woman.) 
14. HEMIGYMNUS Gunthep. 
Hemigynmus Gv-STHER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1861, p. 386 {fasciatus). 
Body compressed, oblong, covered with rather large scales, 30 in 
lateral lines; lateral line continuous; opercles naked; cheek with a 
stripe of very small scales; preopercle entire. Lips thick and pend- 
ent; teeth uniserial; canines f ; a posterior canine tooth; tin rays, D. 
IX, 11; A. II, 11. East Indies. 
(Vyuz, half; yv/iog, naked.) 
26. HEMIGYMNUS MELAPTERUS (Bloch). 
Labrus melapierus Bloch, Ichthyologia YIII, p. Ill, pi. cclxxxv; Japan. 
Tautoga melapterus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 311; 
Java. — Bleekee, Verb. Bat. Genootsch, XXII, p. 16. — Richardson, Ann. 
Mag. Nat. Hist, 1843, XI, p. 358. 
Hemigymnits mekmopterus GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, jj. 139; Celebes, Java, 
Port Essington, Endeavor Reef, Australia. — Bleeker, Atlas Icbth., p. 142, 
pi. xlv, fig. 203; Java, Duizend Islands, Cocos, Sumatra, Batu, Nias, 
Singapore, Bintang, Celebes, Amboyna, Ceram, Coram. — Day, Fishes India, 
p. 396, pi. lxxxiv, fig. 2, 1885; Andamans. — Ishikawa, Prel. Cat. 1897, 
p. 29; Riukiu Islands. 
D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 11; scales in lateral line 29; in transverse series 
6 + 14. 
A posterior canine tooth hidden b}^ the skin. Lips yQxy thick, with 
folds; the lower lip is notched anteriorly, each lateral part pendent 
like a wattle. Cheek with a band of small scales. Back and sides 
between the vertical fins brownish, abdomen and thoracic region yel- 
lowish; a blackish blotch behind the orbit; dorsal and anal fins with 
a slight margin, and with a bluish intermarginal band edged with 
darker. (Giinther). 
This species is included in the present list because it was originally 
described from Japan and a specimen from Riukiu is now in the 
Imperial Museum. 
(/if/Vets', black; nrepov^ fin.) 
27. HEMIGYMNUS FASCIATUS (Thunberg). 
jI/mZZms /asctaius Thunberg, Reise nach Japan, IV, 1791, p. 351, pi. cccxiv; City of 
"Meaco" (doubtless Miyakoshima, Temple Island, one of the Riukiu 
group). 
Labrus fasciatus Bloch, Ichthyol., VIII, p. 6, pi. ccxc, about 1792; Japan. 
Tautoga fasciata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 303, pi. 
cccLxxix; He de France. 
