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Color in spirits, a light incittlfd lirowuish, liuhter lielow; a distinct row of black blotches along 

 the siilp, these blotches about 14 in nuiiiluT, ami all more or less connected; anterior to pectoral 

 tin these blotches take the form of a dusky band, across the side of head and around the snout; 

 another very indistinct dusky band about the width of eye above the blotches on sides, also 

 extends out of upper side of head, and around upper part of snout; some specimens show aliout 7 

 whitish cross-bands over the back; spinous dorsal yellowish with about 5 oblique lines of dark dots; 

 soft dorsal with dark lines reticulating in many ways, forming ring-like figures around white dots; 

 caudal fin colored like soft dorsal, except that the dark lines run more regularly, forming 7 or 8 

 irregular cross-bands; anal uniform dusky; pectoral yellowish, crossed with about 8 narrow lines of 

 dusky; ventral yellowish. 



A beautiful little goby found on the bottom of swift streams near Apia. Its motions are remark- 

 ably lizard-like, and the pale yellow spots glisten as the fisli hkivcs. Seen in the Vaisigano River, 

 the Gasegase River, and the Vailima Brook, from which we lia\i- I'.i -lucimens. We have one from 

 Pago Pago. It was abundant in the Vailima Brook on the csiatc of U.ili.it Louis Stevenson, for whom 

 the species is named. 



The type is no. 51775, U.S. National .Musciini, iroMi (iasegase Kiver, at Vaimosa, Samoa, length 

 2 inches. 



DKOMBUS Jordan & Seale. 



This genus, typified by D. palackyt from the Philijipines, has the head crossed with rows of cirri 

 as in Mnrg and in jBobiomorphu!'. The scales are much larger than in Mars, and the veutrals are 

 united. There are no teeth on the vomer. 

 1449. Drombus tutuilse Jordan <& Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 2.7.') in length; depth 4 5, e\e i 'i m head, snout 4 2, scales lather large, about 2:! from ]ios- 

 terior margin of opercle; dor-al \ i, S, anal S 



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Fig. ss,~i)i;i,nbu luliiil.e Torrian J. 'ieale, new species Type. 



Body elongate, compressed, anterior profile rounded; lower jaw the longer, projecting; head 

 roughened with numerous raised lines of rather large size which radiate from eye; others cross the 

 cheek, snout, and nuchal region, these probably functioning as mucus canals; minute, teeth in jaws, 

 none on vomer or palatines; caudal peduncle 2.6 in head; origin of s|.iii. m- .l.asal slightly posterior to 

 a line with axil of ventrals, the longest spine 2 in head; base of soft dorsal about equal to its longest 

 ray, 1.7.5 in head; anal similar to soft dorsal, its base slightly less; pectorals rounded, rather long, 

 the tips under base of fifth dorsal ray; ventrals united into a flat disk which reaches to anal opening; 

 laudal rounded, about 1.1 in head. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white, with 5 rather distinct vertical bands of black, the first at pos- 

 terior margin of opercle, the second from posterior half of spinous dorsal, the third from anterior 

 half of soft dorsal, the fourth from posterior half of soft dorsal obliquely down to axil of anal, the fifth 

 at base of caudal fin; there is also a dusky bloch on nuchal region just back of eye; top of head more 

 or less dusky; fins slightly darker than the body coloring, the dark bands of the body extending more 

 or less upon the dorsal fins; otherwise the fins apparently without distinct markings. 



One specimen from Pago Pago, type no. 51770, U. S. National Museum, length 0.75 inch. 



