304 KXPKDITION or TIIK "ALliATKOSS," 1S90 1900. 



bars from the ej'o backwai'd: rest of head cox-ci'c^d with narrow jialc Ncrinicula- 

 tions and streaks. 



Iiiasmucli as our two larjic spcciiiuMis haA'c 9 and 10 sjiiiu's i^c^sjiectivi'ly 

 and they do not otherwise dither, the ji'enus ThalHurus based on 10 spines alone 

 is therefore not tenable. (liinther's figm'e of C. chlorurus is not the C. chlonirus 

 fifiured by cither iiloch oi' Hleeker, and diftVrs in coloration and in lun-infi a 

 rounded eaudal. 



Cymolutes praetextatus (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Day, Fishos of liulia, 1877, ]i. 409, pi. 00, fig. 1. 



Jiilis praetexlatus QnoY & Gaimakd, Voy. Astrolabe. Zool., ISIi.'), 3, ]). 712, ])1. IT), fijj, 4. 



One specimen, No. 05897, 3 inches long from Nanuika, Tonga Islands. 



Dorsal IX, 13; anal III, 12; scales 7o in lateral line. 



This specimen agrees exactly in fin foi-niation with (^uoy & (iaimard's descrip- 

 tion. The original color is now but faint!}' indicated, but what can be seen agrees 

 with the figui'e given by Quoy & Gaimard, excepting that our specimen has a 

 small black spot on u]i])('i' edge of caudal pedvuicii' at base of caudal Hn. Thif 

 spot is stated by Jordan & Evermann to be present in some specimens of C 

 leclusii from Hawaii. Our specimen also agrees fairly well with C. praetextatus 

 given by Day. There is no indication in our specim(>n of th(> line luider tlie eye 

 and the broad shouldei- band, as sliowti in Bleeker's figure in ,\tlas Ichth., 1 

 pi. 31, fig. 1. 



SCARIDAE. 



Scarichthys caeruleopunctatus ( I{i im'Kll). 



GU.N'THER, Fische tier Siid.seo, 1909, 8, p. :500. 



Scarus (Calliodon) cocndcopimctntus Rih'iT.i.L, Xi'uc \\irlH'. j^'ischc, 1S3."), p. 24, lal'. 7, lig. '.i. 



Ten specimens from Tonga Islands at Vavau, as follows: — Nos. OaSiKi, 

 eight specimens, 2i to .")! inches long; OoSOo, M. ('. Z. 293(S1, o| inches long, 

 and .\130, M. C. Z. 293.S3, 5l inches long. 



Scarus brunneus .Ii.nkins. 

 Bull. V. S. Fish Coiiiiu., I'.IOO, 19, p. .■■)'.), tin. Hi. 



Nos. A133, M. ('. Z. 29770, S^ inches, and .\13r), S^ inches long fi'oui Kam- 

 bara, Fiji Ishinds. Xo. .\i92 i\\ ini'hcs long from .laluit, Marshall Islands. 



