292 EXPEDITION OK THE ■ A1,15.\T1U)SS," 1899-1900. 



These agree with Bleeker's description and the plate in Atlas, excepting 

 that our specimen has traces of small dusky spots on the dorsal spines. These 

 specimens are too deej) for X. (ir(/!)r< itni or A', mdcrosdiiid. 



Xystaema oyena (1'\)Uskal). 



Labrus oyena Forskal, Dcscrip. Aniin., 1775, i). :i"). 



Gcrresoyeita Day, Fishes of India, 1S7"), ji. W. pi. '25, tin. 1- 



DiapUrm oyena Bleekek, Atlas Iclith,. 1S77, 8. p. 124, 12'.l. tab. 301, Pcic. 77, li);. "i. 



Nos. 09019, nineteen specimens, 21 to 3 inches long, and 09047, five speci- 

 mens, I2 to 3 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. Seven specimens from Tonga 

 Islands, one a specimen, ]\I. C. Z. 2938S, 05 inches long from Tongatal)u; 5 

 specimens. No. 0588G, 4 to 4? inches long, and one. No. 05887, 31 inches long 

 from Vavau. AI. C. Z. 29461, No. 08982, three specimens, 2 to 31 inches long, 

 from (luani. Nos. 09053, seven specimens 1 to li inches long from Truk, 

 Caroline Islands, and 09081, seven specimens \\ to li inches long from Mocii, 

 Caroline Islands. 



It is difficult to identify these fishes wit it any degree of certainty on ticcouiit 

 of their poor condition and the small size of most of the specimens. According 

 to descriptions they seem to be closely related to A'. Umbatus and A". kujHis, 

 but they agree best with A', oyena. The bhtck on the caudal is more (>vid(>nt 

 in some than in others, but in all, traces of black are evident. They are more 

 remote from X. argyreum, the latter being a slender fish. 



MULLIDAE. 



Upeneus vittatus (l"\)ifsKU,). 



Hi.EEKEU, Alias Iclilli., 1S77-7S, 9, lab. :V.Y1, Mull., lif;. :i .Ioudan & Sf.ai.io, Hull. l'. S. Mm. 

 Fi.sh., l!)()ti, 25, p. 273. 



Mullua villntiiK Fohsk.m., Drsci-ipl . Aiiiiii., I77."i. p. -il. 



No. A145, about ~\ inches long, from Sii\-a, Fiji Islands. 



Black blotch covering nicinbraiie at iipijcr ;ing!e of si)inous dorsal from first 

 to tip of fifth spine; front tij) of soft dorsal with l)lack l)lotch. 



This sjiecimen agrees ])('rf('ctly with Hiceker's figure. 



Teeth in both jaws, vninci' and palatines nut in \ illifoi'm l)an(ls, hut vei\v 

 blunt teeth in several rows; lateral line 37. 



