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Color in life of a specimen from Apia, clear olivaceous sooty, a little paler on tail; axil olive-black; 

 dorsal, anal, pectoral and ventral like body, dorsal and pectoral with black edge; caudal deep brown- 

 ish red, with a blackish edge. 



Another specimen from Apia was dark purplish gray, almost black; throat and belly about the 

 same; a little olive on throat; first dorsal, pectoral and ventral like body; axil blackish; soft dorsal 

 washed with red; caudal clear dark red, edged with black, the upper and lower rays dusky. 



Life colors of a specimen from Pago Pago, dark purplish gray, centers of scales blackish; axil dark; 

 dorsal, anal, ventral and pectoral black; soft dorsal dull orange with a black edge (some velvety 

 green-black); caudal brilliant scarlet, its edge dark. 



Eight specimens from Apia and Pago Pago. The type is no. 51748, U. S. National Museum, from 

 Pago Pago, length 9.75 inches. 



Fig. 55. — CaUyodon pyrrkurus Jordan & Scale, new species. Type. 



1043. Callyodon bennetti (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Amasapupema. Hawaii; Samoa. 



Scarus bennettii Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiv, 270, Sandwich Is. Jenkins. Bull. U. S. Fish Comni., 

 xxiii, 1903, 470, Honolulu. 



We have 6 examples of this fish, from Apia. Teeth rosy, dusky at base, uncovered; no canines; 

 two rows of scales on cheek; caudal truncate. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, blackish brown, a bronze-black area on each scale; snout, 

 lips, and below bright dark cinnamon; belly dark red-brown; dorsal cinnamon, mottled and dark 

 edged; caudal truncate, soiled red-brown; anal similar, almost black; ventral similar to anal; pectoral 

 dark brown, fading below; axil dark. 



Another specimen from Apia was violet brown, clear on belly, darker on back; sides olive shaded, 

 the scales mottled; forehead, chin and throat vinous red brown; dorsal deep vinous brown, blackish 

 on edge; caudal similar, paler, a broad dusky shade at tip; axil with a dark cross-shade; anal and 

 ventral like dorsal; pectoral a little paler. 



1044. Callyodon platodon (Scale). Guam. 



Pseudoscarus platodoni (misprint) Seale, Bishop Museum 1901, y6, Guam. 



1045. Callyodon miniatus (Jenkins). Hawaii. 



Searus minialus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xix, 1899 (Aug. 30. 1900), 62, fig. 20, Honolulu. 



1046. Callyodon goldiei (Macleay). New Guinea. 

 Pseudoscarus goldiei Macleay, Pror. Linn. Soc. N. S. \V. 1?83, 590. 



1047. Callyodon borborus (Jordan & Evermann). Hawaii. 



Scants barborus (misprint for borborus) Jordan <fc Evermann. Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xxn, 1902 (1903), 197. Honolulu. 



