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Forty- seven specimens, Nos. 2285-2331 B. M., from Nukuhiva, 

 Marquesas Ids. 



Thirteen specimens, Nos. 2503-2515 B. M. from Makatea, 

 Paumotu Ids. 



One specimen, No. 1679 B. M., from Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 



Salarias hasselti Bleeker. 



One specimen, No. 1063 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Salarias caudolineatus (Gunther). 



One specimen, No. 2501* B. M., from Makatea, Paumotu Ids. 

 One specimen, No. 2332 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Ids. 



Salarias marmoratus Bennett. 



Five specimens, Nos. 2333-2337 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Mar- 

 quesas Ids. 



Salarias azureus Seale, new species. 



Depth 4.50; head 4.30; eye 3.20; D. xn, 24; A. 11, 22; inter- 

 orbital 2 in eye; simple uufringed orbital tentacle slightly longer 

 than width of interorbital, a similar one on nuchal region; a rather 

 prominent tentacle at nostril with six fringes; no crest on head. 



Body elongate cylindrical, without scales; lateral line strongly 

 bent, 3.50 in length of fish without the caudal, it ends under the 

 last dorsal spine; the anterior profile of head is almost vertical; 

 mouth inferior; teeth numerous, pectinate, no canines; dorsal fin 

 deeply notched, its origin is directly over the origin of the lateral 

 line, the fin is attached to the caudal by a membrane, the longest 

 spine is 1.75 in depth of fish; base of anal 1.90 in length of fish, 

 its longest ray equal to longest dorsal spine; pectorals rounded, 

 equal to length of head, tips of the rays free; caudal rounded, 

 equal to the depth of the fish. 



Color in life is uniform purplish, with a few scattered darker 

 blotches. 



Color in spirits, a striking livid blue, with six indistinct darker 

 blue blotches along the back and sides; fins brown, with a slight 

 wash of bluish; the dorsal with three lines of small brown dots 

 along the margin and with fine oblique brownish lines on the soft 

 dorsal; anal with a fine margin of pure white, and with a sub- 

 marginal area of deep blue, two lines of blue dots along the middle 

 of the fin; caudal, pectoral and ventral without markings. 



One specimen, a female, No. 783 (Fig. 8) B. M., from Tubuai, 

 Austral Ids. L,ength 4.50 in. 



This species is nearly related to S. quadricornis. 



Salarias tubuensis Seale, new species. 



* 



Depth 5; head 5; eye 3.20; D. xiii, 21; A. 22; a fringed ten- 

 tacle over nostril, and a simple orbital tentacle, less in length than 

 width of interorbital space; no nuchal tentacle or crest. 



