Fishes of the South Pacific. 59 
Cheilinus trilobatus (Lacépéde). 
Two specimens, Nos. 725 and 1369” B. M., from Tubuai, 
Austral Ids. 
Two specimens, Nos. 945* and 941 B. M., from Faté, New 
Hebrides. 
One specimen, No. 823 B. M., from Mangareva Id’ 
One specimen, No. 1369 B. M., from Tahiti. 
Famity SCARICHTHYIDZA. 
Scarichthys auritus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
T’wo specimens, Nos. 1917 and 1943* B. M., from Rarotonga, 
Cook Ids. 
Scarichthys cceruleopunctatus (Riuppel). 
Two specimens, Nos. 1918 and 1942 B. M., from Rarotonga, 
Cook Ids. 
Scarichthys rarotonge Seale, new species. 
Depth 3.50; eye 3.75 in head, 1 in preorbital portion of head, 
and 1 in interorbital space; D. x, 10; A. III, 9; scales of lateral 
line 24. 
Body oblong, compressed; the lateral line interrupted, the 
tubules two-branched; teeth and nostrils generic; the profile of the 
head seems slightly different from other species of Scarichthys, 
being slightly concave above the posterior margin of the eye, and 
snout has a slope slightly greater than 45°; caudal peduncle 2.30 
in head: the tubules on the orbitals and preopercles are quite promi- 
nent: base of anal fin 2.75 in base of dorsal; length of pectorals 
1.40 in head; ventrals, 2. 
Color in spirits is a dull coppery green without white dots; 
there are about five zones of darker greenish on the body, the first 
being above the base of the pectorals and over the shoulders, the 
second is below the seventh and eighth dorsal spines, the third is 
below the first and third dorsal rays, the fourth is below the fifth 
and seventh dorsal rays, and the fifth is below the axis of the 
dorsal; there is a dark blotch on the base of the pectorals, and 
another in the posterior axis of the dorsal; this dark spot occupies 
the base of the last four dorsal rays; the dark zones of color on the 
body, with the exception of the anterior one, invade the basal half 
of the dorsal fin; pectorals white, without marks; ventrals with 
indistinct darker markings; anal with five bands ot dusky; caudal 
greenish, the tip white, anda white cross band near the tip. 
One specimen, No. 1903 (Fig. 8) B. M., length 4 in., from 
Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 
Callyodon dubius (Bennett). 
One specimen, No. 1375 B. M., from Tahiti. 
