THE SIIORK FISHES. 287 



Islands, Xos. 09021, 0S.S14, 62 and ,S| inches long, from Kusaie, and 09011, li 

 inches long from Truk Ciroup. Two specimens, Nos. 09038, 1 and 1? inches 

 long from Arhno Atoll, Marshall Islands, Nos. A137, M. C. Z. 29728 10 inches 

 long and A138, 111 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. No. A158, M. C. Z. 

 29729, 8! inches long from Taritari, Gilbert Islands. 



Lutianus johnii (Bloch). 



D.\Y, Fishes of India, 1875, p. 42, pi. 13, fig. 1. 

 Ardhias johnii Block, lehth., 1793, 9, p. 97, tab. 318. 



One specimen. No. 08921, 5.75 inches long, from Suva, Fiji Islands. No. 

 09050, ]\I. C. Z. 29398, 1.75 inches long from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline 

 Islands. This small specimen is somewhat mutilated and no teeth can be 

 detected on its tongue; otherwise it agrees with L. johnii, and is with some 

 doubt, identified as that species. 



Lutianus monostigma K'iviek & ^'AL^:.\(IENNEs). 



Mesoprion momdigma Cuv. A- \ al.. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1828, 2, p. .337 (446). GtJNTHER, Fisplie 

 del Siidsee, 1873, 1, p. 14, taf. l(i. 



Liitjanus linqlossus Bleeker, Atlas Iclith., 1877, 8, 46, 70, tab. 344, Perc. 06, fig. 4. 



Seven specimens from Paumotu Islands: Nos. 08823, 5? inches long 

 from. Anaa, one specimen 5 inches long and A92, M. C. Z. 29768, 7g inches, A99, 

 8| inches, AlOO, M. C. Z. 29769, 8 inches from Makemo, and A35, 85 inches, 

 05861, 5i inches from Makatea. Five specimens, Nos. 08986, 1^ to 3? inches 

 long from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline Islands. No. A168, 8 inches long from 

 Taritari, Gilbert Islands. 



Lutianus marginatoides, spec. nov. 

 Plafr 4. figure I. 



Type No. 68943 U. S. N. M. (field No. A74), 83 inches long from Makemo, 

 Paumotu Islands. 



Head to tip of flaps 2.57 in body; depth 2.39; eye 5.07 in head; snout 3; 

 maxillary 2.69, reaching to front of pupil; mandible 2.49; interorbital 4.71; 

 pectoral 1.2(), reaching beyond ventrals to a line from base of last dorsal spine; 



