Fishes of the South Pacific. 45 
Czesio lunaris (Cuvier & Valenciennes. ) 
Three specimens, Nos. 1109, 1141 and 1330 B. M., from Short- 
land Id., Solomons. 
Famity HASMULID. 
Terapon jarbua (Forskal). 
Four specimens, Nos. 1332*, 1262, 1263 and 1321 B.M., from 
Shortland Id., Solomons. 
Scolopsis temporalis Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
One specimen, No. 1289 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 
Color in life is silvery white, with 3-4 blotches of brighter 
silvery color on each side; a conspicuous bright blue band from 
front of eye, over snout to the other eye; this blue line is bordered 
above with a line of bright yellow; a bright yellow spot with a 
wide blue margin just above and behind the eye; a blue line runs 
from lower part of eye to maxillary; caudal yellow above, pink 
below; pectoral and ventral white. 
Scolopsis monogramma Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Two specimens, Nos. 922* and 925 B.M., from Faté, New 
Hebrides. 
Scolopsis trilineata Kner. 
Three specimens, Nos. 949, 950* and 1005 B. M., from Fate, 
New Hebrides. 
Scolopsis trilineata Quoy & Gaimard. 
Four specimens, Nos. 859, 981, 847 and 1078 B. M., from 
Faté, New Hebrides. 
Scolopsis bilineata Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
One specimen, No. 1114 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 
Gnathodentex aurolineatus (Lacépéde). 
Depth 3; head, with flap, 3.20; eye 3; interorbital 3; D. x, 9; 
Peothe Os snout: 2.50: 
Body oblong, compressed, scaled; head compressed, conical, 
the opercles and preopercles with 4-7 rows of scales; maxillary 
reaching to below the anterior nostril, its upper two-thirds with 
a prominent serrate ridge; villiform teeth in jaws, with some small 
canines, the two outer canines of lower jaw the largest; preopercle 
entire; opercle without spines; dorsal spines not strong, the fifth 
the longest, but considerably less than the longest ray which is 
2 in head; base of anal 2.75 in base of dorsal; third anal spine the 
longest, 2.50 in head; pectoral 1.10 in head; ventral 1.20; caudal 
well forked. 
