306 EXPKDITIOX OF TH?: " AI.IJATIJOSS," IS99-19nO. 



Regarding the color of those spofimcns it is like lliat (l(>s('i-il)(Ml l)y .loi'daii 

 it Seale, rather tliaii tlial of Blec^ker. 



EPHIPPIDAE. 

 Platax orbicularis iFokskal). 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. 8. Hur. Fisli., IDOtl, 25, ]). :»:,. 

 Cliaelodon orbicuhiris ¥onsKki.. Doscripl. Aniin., 177'). p. .59. 



One specimen. No. 05890, li inches long- from Bora Bora, Society Islands. 



CHAETODONTIDAE. 



Forcipiger longirostris ( HuorssoxET). 



.loRDAN & EvKUMANN, Hiill. V. S. Fisli. Comm.. 19()."i, 23. pi. 1. ]>. oCiH, pi. 4(i. 

 Cltdiindoii loiic/iriislrU Brdussdnkt. Ifhth. .si.st. Pi.sciuiii, 17S'2, |). 2:!, pi 7. 



Flair o, ficjurr >. 



One specimen f inch long, taken at the surface off Fakarava, Paumotu 

 Islands. 



This is probably the Tholichthj^s stage of F. lonfiirostn'ft as shown b>' the 

 great development of the armature on the heatl. 



Megaprotodon trifascialis i(^i dy & (lATMAiini. 



.JoRDA.N- & Seai.k, i'.ull. 1. S, Hur. I'i,li., IIHHI, 25, |i. :i:'.r,, pi. .")(), Hk. 1 



Chaelodon trifasci-ilU Qcdv & (Iaimahd, \'oy. I'niiiic. Zool., 1.S2."), p. :57(), p\. G2, fig. ,5. 



No. 05885, a .specimen lie inches long from Fakarava, Paumotu Islands. 



Chaetodon setifer iii.ix ii. 



Iclitli., 17SS, 6, pi. 42C), fig. 1. .Iukda.n & Evehmans, I'.u1I. F. S. I'ish. Coiiiui., U)().'., 23, |il. 1, 

 p. .•?(i4, pi. 47. JouDAN & Seai.e, liull. U. S. Bur. Fi.sh., lltiu;, 25, |.. :i:iS. 



The collection contains the following specimens from Taritari, CJilbert 

 Islands: Nos. Al()4, (il inches; Al(i2, M. C. Z. 2974(), 4i inches; A174, M. C. Z. 

 29747, oi inches. From Makemo, Paumotu Islands, \os. \7V), 'n inches; 

 .\79, .M. (". Z. 29744, 7i inches: A85, 71 inches; \\{)\, 7 inches and A104, 

 M. ('. Z. 29745, 7 inches. Fiom Kusaie, Caroline Islands, No. 08808, 22 inches 

 long. 



