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Life colors of a specimen from Apia called taint luxi, pearl-gray, darker on back; forehead very 

 dark brown, crossed by two bright blue stripes, both of which become golden yellow on eye, which 

 is crossed by a dark brown stripe; three pearly white stripes behind eye, the middle one fainter, 

 uniting near middle of body and proceeding to last ray of dorsal; fins pinkish gray; dorsal narrowly 

 edged with orange; anal with pale blue; anal and soft dorsal with some orange shading; lower half of 

 belly and bead pure white. 



682. Scolopsis bilineata (Blocb). New Guinea iMacleayl; Kandavu, Fiiil,Kneri; Sbortlaiid I. 



(Seiilei; East Indies; Ovalau and Levuka (Giinther). 



683. Scolopsis lineata (Quoy & Gaimard). Guam; Samoa (Giinther); Fate (Seale). 



684. Scolopsis ciliata (Lac^pede). Vanicolo; New Guinea (Macleay); Pjast Indies. 



685. Scolopsis monogTamma Kuhl & Van Hasiselt. Xew Guinea iMacleayl; Fate and New 



Hebrides (Seale); East Indies. 



686. Scolopsis temporalis Cuvier & Valenciennes. Newtiuinea (Macleay); Fiji (Giintber (; Vani- 



ccil.i; Waijiiii; Louisiades; Solomon Is. (Seale). 



687. Scolopsis xenochrous Giinther. Misol. 



Sciilopfis xenochrous Giinther, Cruise of the Curayoa, ls73, '.'ii. 



688. Scolopsis cancellata Cuvier & Valenciennes. Polynesia; New Hanover (Peters); East Indies. 



689. Scolopsis margaritifera Cuvier & Valenciennes. New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 



690. Scolopsis aflauis Peters. New Ireland; New Britain. 

 Sroliiiisis nffinis Peters, Berl, Mon., 1S76, S32, New Britain, New Iieland. 



691. Scolopsis niacroplithalmus Ramsay A Ggilliy. New (iuinea. 



PENTAPUS Cavier & Valenciennes. 



692. Pentapus caninus Cuvier t^ \'alenoiennes. New duiiiea (Mack'ay); Louisiades; Apamana; 



(iilliert Is. (Giinther). 



693. Pentapus vittatus (Bloch). New Guinea (Giintben; Solomon Is. (Seale); East Indies. 



GNATHODENTEX Sleeker. 



694. Gnathodentex aurolineatus ( Lacepede ). 'J'ulni. Samoa; Hervey Islands;- Tonga; Gilbert 



Is.; Tahiti' Paumotu Is. ; Marcus I. ; New Guinea (Macleay ); Tuliuai and Mangareva (Seale) ; 

 East Indies. 

 This species is common about Samoa, where about 15 specimens were taken. 

 Color of a specimen from Apia called tolai, light olive-gray; 6 to 8 very faint longitudinal stripes 

 of brownish bronze above lateral line, all of them disappearing behind middle of body; still fainter 

 streaks below lateral line; larger specimens with 5 broad, faint stripes vi gold-bronze below lateral 

 line; an oblong spot of light yellow below soft dorsal; fins all plain light reddish, the edges a little 

 darker; opercular flap dark; inside of mouth orange. 



Family SP.\K1I).-E. 



LETHRINUS Cavier. (.SWioiir Forskal, 1775.) 



695. Lethrinus ramak iForskal). Mni/afo'u: MngauH. Samoa; Palau Is.; Kingsmill I.; Fiji, Ea-t 



Indies. 

 Afiiinu ramak Forskal, Descr. .\nim., 53, 1775, Red Sea. 



Ltthrinusehrenbergii Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 31, 1830, Red Sea. 

 LelhTimisflavescensCu\-\eT& Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 299, 1836, Tonga. 



Lelhnnus ramnk, Ounther, Cat., i, 459, Red Sea, Ces'lon. Giinther, Fische <ier Siiiisce, I'.y, taf. 4fi, lig. b, Samoa, 

 Palau Is., Kingsmill, Celebes. 

 This species is common at Samoa. Five large specimens were secured. 



