74 fishes of the South Pacific. 
Balistes capistratus Shaw. 
Three specimens, Nos. 2124-2127* B.M., from Nukuhiva,. 
Marquesas Ids. 
Balistapus undulatus (Mungo Park). 
One specimen, No. 1480 B. M., was taken inside the reef at 
Papeete, Lakiti: 
Three specimens, Nos. 965, 964 and 1050 B. M., from Faté, 
New Hebrides. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1141* and 1164 B.M., from Shortland 
Id., Solomons. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1588 and 1589 B. M., from Raiatea,. 
Society Ids. 
Balistapus aculeatus (Linnzus). 
One specimen, No. 1336 B. M., from Tahiti. Length 4.75 in. 
One specimen, No. 1987 B. M., from Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 
Six specimens, Nos. 846, 889, 890*-892, and 936* B. M., 
from Faté, New Hebrides. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1586 and 1587 B. M., from Raiatea, 
Society Ids. 
Two specimens, Nos. 2127* and 2128 B. M., from Nukuhiva, 
Marquesas Ids. 
Balistapus verrucosus (Linnzeus). 
Two specimens, Nos. 1239 and 1216 B. M., from Shortland 
Id., Solomons. 
Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch). 
Two specimens, Nos. 876 and 882 B.M., from Faté, New 
Hebrides. 
One specimen, No. 2229* B. M., from Nukuhiva, Marquesas 
Ids. 
FamMILy MONACANTHID. 
Monacanthus faténsis Seale, new species. 
Depth 1.75; head 3.25; eye 4 in head; 3.75 in the firstidercal 
spine; interorbital very convex, 3 in head; snout 1.10 in head; 
Da, 245 ene o1 
Body compressed, without scales, velvety to the touch; upper 
profile of the snout concave; a single dorsal spine without barbs 
and scarcely roughened, its length 1.20 in head; the origin of the 
first dorsal spine is anterior of eye; snout somewhat produced, 
equal to length of the first dorsal spine; four rather long cutting 
teeth in lower jaw, six in the upper; base of soft dorsal 2.60 in 
length of fish without caudal; distance between anterior base of 
