66 Fishes oj the South Pacific. 



Holacanthus diacanthus Boddaert . 



One specimen, Xo. [56] B. M.. from Raiatea, Society Ids. 



Family XAXCUn.F. 



^anclus canescens Linnaeus). 



One specimen, Xo. ion' B. M.. from Fate, New Hebrides. 

 One specimen, No. [313 1'.. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 

 One specimen, Xo. 1515 B. M., from Tahiti. 

 Three specimens, Xos. 1 543-] sas B. M., from Raiatea, Society 

 Ids. 



Family ACAXTIIT'RII >.H. 

 Hepatus lineatus Linnaeus). 



One specimen, Xo. 1576 B. M., from Raiatea, Society Ids. 



Three specimens, Xos. 974, 1046, 1047 B. M., from F^ate, New 

 Hebrides. 



Three specimens, Xos. 1416-1418 B. M., from Tahiti. 



Hepatus nigricans Linnaeus). 

 (ClnrtoJon gahhm Forskal. ) 



Two specimens, Xos. 1501 and 1502 B. M., from Tahiti. 

 One specimen, Xo. 938 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 

 One specimen, Xo. 1108 B. M., from .Shortland Id., Solomons. 

 One specimen, Xo. 1575 B. M., from Raiatea, .Society Ids. 



Hepatus achilles Shaw). 



One specimen, Xo. 1910 B. M., from Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 

 One specimen, Xo. 2460* B. M., from Makatea, Paumotu Ids. 



Hepatus olivaceus Forskal;. 



Eight specimens, Xos. 1400-1402*, 1403-1406* and 1500 B. M., 

 from Tahiti. 



Hepatus elongatus (Lac6pede . 



Depth 1.90; head 3.80; eye 4.20; D. ix, 22; A. in, 26. 



Color in formalin, is a uniform brown, with a black spot in 

 axis of anal and dorsal fin; fins darker than body. 



Two specimens from Tubuai, Austral Ids.: Xo. 750 B. M., 

 length 7 in.; Xo. 753 B. M., length 2.75 in. 



Three specimens, Xos. 883, 967, 1028 B. M., from Fate, New- 

 Hebrides. 



Hepatus triostegus (Linnaeus). 



Twelve specimens, Xos. 1419-1426, 1571-1573*. 1 S 1 7*s !5 l8 

 B. M., from Tahiti. 



