92 Direclor's Annual Report. 



■no canine at angle of jaws. Fins: Candal is slightly convex with 

 the angles scarce!}- prolonged. Pectorals 1.50 into head, its ba.se 

 4.50; the shortest ra}' is .equal to base. Ventrals short, their long- 

 est raj' 2.25 into head. Base of anal is contained 1.86 into base of 

 dorsal. The last soft rays of anal and dorsal of equal length, 4 into 

 head. Anterior dorsal spine 5.75. Color in spirits: Ground color 

 whitish with wash of grajdsh olive. The scales of the back and 

 down to lateral line on sides have dark brown centres. A black 

 spot about size of eye forms a saddle on the caudal peduncle just 

 back of the dorsal fin. The scales of the lateral line are without 

 dark centres. On the sides of the body below the lateral line are 

 two longitudinal rows of alternating dark and white (probabl)' red 

 in life) blotches of about equal size, there being six pairs of dark 

 blotches on each side; these blotches are separated vertically by a 

 row of scales without brown centres. Belly, thorax and chin with- 

 out markings. Sides of head without definite lines, a yellow dark- 

 edged band over snout. Top of head and upper part of snout with 

 narrow bluish reticulations. Caudal clear yellow (base probably 

 red in life ) . Dorsal yellow with a dusky blotch between 2-3 dorsal 

 spine. Pe(5lorals yellow with axil dusk5^ Ventrals yellow. The 

 upper parts of opercles are brownish. One specimen. Length 

 7 inches. Agaiia, Guam, July 14, 1900. Hab. Marianas. 



Genus STBTHOJULIS Gunther. 



149. Stethojulis renardi (Bleek.). 



Head 2.83 ; depth 3.75 ; eye 6 ; interorbital 4.25 ; D. ix 11; 

 A. II II ; P. 14. Scales 10-29-2; no scales on the head; the scales 

 on the thorax as large or larger than those on the sides. Lateral 

 line continuous. Body oblong, compres.sed. Fins: Base of pec- 

 torals slightly above the axis of body, their length 1.50 into head. 

 Ventrals 2.60 into head. Base of anal 2.20 into base of dorsal. 

 Caudal rounded. Color in spirits: Bluish above, white with slight 

 wash of blue below. Body with four longitudinal stripes; the upper, 

 very narrow and indistinct, extends from occiput along base of dorsal 

 fin; the others are yellowish white — the second is from in front of 

 nostrils through upper part of eye to caudal; there is a small black 

 dot above its termination; the third extends from the maxillarj', 

 below the eye to a line with posterior edge of base of pedlorals; the 

 fourth, so far as can be distinguished, extends up from the isthmus 

 along the gill openings to a little below base of pedliorals, whence 

 it curv^es backwards and ends on a line front of anal. One speci- 

 men. Length 4 inches. Agaiia, Guam, July 14, 1900. Hab. 

 East Indian Archipelago, Marianas. 



150. Stethojulis fulvoventris sp. nov. 



Head 3; depth 3.20; eye 4.75; interorbital 4.20; D. ix 11; 

 A.. Ill 11; P. 15; \ . I 5. Scales 2-29-9. Lateral line continuous. 



