300 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



below with light green at base of fin; anal similarly colored, except that the mid-band of light green is 

 wider and there is no lighter coloring at base of fin; caudal yellowish white with the outer half covered 

 with reticulated dark markings, tip of upper and lower margin yellowish white; pectoral and 

 ventral yellowish white. 



Life colors of three specimens from Pago Pago were as follows: 



(1) Green anteriorly, becoming deep vitriol-blue behind pectorals; anterior parts with stripes of 

 orange-red, which are very bright anteriorly and fade out behind; cheeks golden-green; head stripes 

 very plain; axillary region very bright golden, with a black spot above; dorsal with dull, orange and 

 greenish streaks; caudal blue with pale corners and three orange-red stripes converging and reticu- 

 lating behind, crossed by horizontal streaks of black; anal with basal and terminal stripes of orange; 

 ventral green with purple stripe; pectoral pale, its base bright golden. 



(2) Greenish ground, paler and yellowish anteriorly; ten pinkish salmon longitudinal lines on 

 sides, most pronounced anteriorly. Pectoral with yellowish axil and orange-yellow blotch just behind 

 axil; small but distinct black blotch just in shoulder of pectoral; caudal blue-green at base and mesi- 

 ally with complex linear lines of pinkish salmon, these lines darker in middle portion of fin; dorsal 

 yellowish grass-green with pinkish salmon lines and narrow blue lines; anal similar; ventral bright 

 green with bluish tinge, pinkish salmon on anterior margins; bright blue median longitudinal line on 

 under side of head. 



(3) Bronze, with nine sharply-defined lengthwise stripes of greenish blue, as wide as interspaces; a 

 stripe also on median line above and below; head green, yellowish below, the stripes continued on it 

 becoming orange, those below cherry-brown; dorsal brownish orange, with grass-green stripes below 

 and blue lines above and on edge; caudal deep black tinged with red, with blue cross-lines and three 

 green blotches at base; anal orange with one green stripe and four blue streaks; ventral grass-green, 

 blackish-edged; pectoral pale dusky; axil golden; a jet-black spot at base of pectoral. 



This beautiful fish is rare about Samoa. We obtained but three specimens, all at Pago Pago. It 

 is apparently close to Platyglossus kallochromus, of the East Indies, but there are several notable differ- 

 ences in color. 



The type, no. 51744, U. S. National Museum, is 2.75 inches long. 



930. Platyglossus hceveni (Bleeker). Samoa; New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 



We have two examples of this East Indian fish, both from Pago Pago. Life colors of one of these, 

 bright greenish blue, with about a dozen golden stripes, distinct from snout to base of caudal, the 

 interspaces blue, with darker edgings; sncut grass-green; iris blue, centrally red; base of caudal 

 reddish brown; a blue-edged black ocellus at base of caudal above, and a larger one on front of soft 

 dorsal; a small one on first dorsal spine; caudal abruptly pale, with a reddish, curved cross-band at 

 base and a whitish bluish one behind it; fins (in young) plain; dorsal striped orange and blue; a dark 

 spot before and one behind eye; snout yellow. 



HALICHCERES Riippell. 



(Halichceres Riippell, type cxruleovitlata-scapularis; Guntheria Bleeker; Hemitauloga Bleeker; 

 Ichihycallus Swainson; Chcerojulis Gill; Iridio Jordan & Evermann; Parajulis Bleeker; Ocio- 

 cynodon Fowler.) 



The proper type of the genus Halichceres is a species (scapidaris) belonging to the group called 

 Guntheria. If these sections are regarded as genera, the one commonly called Halichceres should rather 

 stand as Ichthycallus, or as Clicerojulis, if the American species be separated from the others. But it is 

 probably better to leave all the species with large scales, complete lateral line, and a posterior canine, 

 Platyglossus and Macropharyngodon excepted, together in one large genus. 



931. Halichceres scapularis (Bennett). Shortland I. (Seale); East Indies. 

 ? Halichceres czeruleovittatus Riippell. 



932. Halichceres centiquadrus (Lacepede). Ifigi. Samoa; Guam; New Guinea; Tahiti; Shortland 



I. and Raiatea (Seale); East Indies. (PI. xlvi, fig. 3.) 



