844 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Color of one specimen, probably male, dark brown, 

 with 13 pale cross-bars along back, extending on dorsal 

 fin; along sides these become obsolete; on belly they 

 become increased in number and broadened below; dor- 

 sal fin with 13 large, very distinct, black ocelli, with yel- 

 lowish rings, one between each pair of the pale blotches; 

 anal with about 7 small blackish spots at base on posterior 

 part, the fin otherwise nearly plain ; caudal faintly barred 

 with light and dark; pectorals pale, with two dark pale- 

 edged oblique bars before them; sides of head with irreg- 

 ular dark vertical bars, one of them forming an inverted 

 X below eye, this and others extending across lower jaw; 

 cirri mostly black. 



The other specimen, probably the female, has the body 

 nearly plain brown, the dorsal with but 4 ocelli, the ante- 

 rior nine being replaced by dark bars on the fin; anal 

 with dark oblique cross-bars ; pectorals barred with black. 

 Markings on head more sharply defined, coloration other- 

 wise similar. This second specimen is 43^ inches in 

 length; the other, 4. 



These two specimens were taken near Seattle and pre- 

 sented by the Young Naturalists' Society. They are 

 numbered 3134 on the register of the Leland Stanford Jr. 

 University Museum. 



Three additional specimens of Bryostennna nugaior 

 were taken by Mr. Starks in rock pools on Channel 

 Rocks. The life colors of these were as follows: 



Color, dark red above, orange-brown below, belly cream 

 color; sides below with cream-colored cross-bars, wider 

 than eye, running from the axis of body downward and 

 fading into the general color below; a ^-shaped mark 

 downwards from eye, across branchiostegals to isthmus, 

 a similar mark behind eyes, across edge of preopercle 

 this last sometimes broken up and chain-like ; top of head 



