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Color pinkish; dorsal, anal and caudal dusky, with a narrow 
marginal line of white; pectorals and ventrals yellow white with 
dusky tip. 
Color in life, crimson, the middle of the scale with a vertical 
silvery line; head, belly and thorax deep red, with a wash of 
orange which extends over upper jaw, and from notch of preopercle 
to axis of pectorals; dorsal red, the lower half of first six webs with 
a wash of white near base; soft dorsal tipped with white, the webs 
more or less washed with dusky; caudal maroon red with a narrow 
margin of white; pectoral and ventral red, the webs of pectoral 
showing a slight wash of dusky; iris red, with orange blotch on 
upper part. 
One specimen, No. 1344 B.M., from Tahiti. Length 15.50 in. 
One specimen, No. 1215 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 
Three specimens, Nos. 1024, 1025 and ro4g B. M., from Fate, 
New Hebrides. 
Lutianus bohar (Forskal). 
One specimen, No. 1113 B. M., from Shortland, Solomons. 
Interoperculum with distinct knob; preoperculum slightly 
notched. 
Color is brownish with red wash; axis of pectoral, spinous 
dorsal anterior margin of. soft dorsal; outer rays of caudal and 
anterior rays of anal blackish; numerous indistinct longitudinal 
streaks on body. 
Lutianus russellii (Bleeker). 
Three specimens, Nos. 1171, 1172 and 1173 B. M., from Short- 
land Id., Solomons. 
Color in life is light grayish above, with 4-5 yellow lines along 
the body; dorsal, anal, caudal and base of pectorals with a slight 
wash of yellowish. 
Lutianus fulviflamma Forskal. 
Three specimens, Nos. 1188, 1189 and 1242 B. M., from Short- 
land Id., Solomons. 
Lutianus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard. 
One specimen, No. 1170 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 
Color in life, the upper half of body is pale yellowish, with 
six dark half bands; the lower half is pinkish; a dusk blotch on 
sides of caudal peduncle; fins all with yellowish wash. 
Lutianus fuscescens (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
One specimen, No. 1523 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 
Lutianus melanesiz Seale, new species. 
Depth 3; head, including flap, 2.80; eye 4; scales 57; D. x, 
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