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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. 12 15 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



Three specimens, Nos. 1024, 1025 and 1049 B. M., from Fate, 

 New Hebrides. 



I^utianus bohar (Forskal). 



One specimen, No. 11 13 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. 



I^utianus russellii (Bleeker). 



Three specimens, Nos. 1171, 11 72 and 11 73 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, nSgand 1242 B. M., from Short- 

 land Id., Solomons. 



I/Utianus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard. 



One specimen, No. n 70 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. 



I/Utianus fuscescens (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



One specimen, No. 1523 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 



I<utianus melanesiae Seale, new species. 



Depth 3; head, including flap, 2.80; eye 4; scales 57; D. x, 

 14; A. in, 8. 



