FISHES WAITE. 193 



CHILINUS FASCIATUS, Block. 



Chilinus fasciatus, Bloch., Fisch, v., p. 18, pi. cclvii. ; Giinther, 

 Fische der Stidsee, p. 246, pi. cxxxiv. 



A smaller species, but equally well known. Two specimens 

 were collected under the native name, " Moree." 



JULIS, Cuv. & Vol. 



JULIS LUNARIS, Linn. 



Jnlis Innaris, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 474 ; Bleeker, Atlas Tchth., 

 p. 90, pi. xxxiii., fig. 5. 



One of the commonest fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Name given 

 by the Funafuti islanders, " Lapi." 



PSEUDOSCARUS, Bleeker. 



Four species of Pseudoscarus are included in the Collection, 

 and these have been determined as follows : It is, however, 

 necessary to mention that the identification is by no means satis- 

 factory, as there are such a large number of species (valid or 

 otherwise) named rather than described. " The Pseudoscarus 

 are beautifully coloured, but the colours change with age, and 

 vary in an extraordinary degree in the same species. They fade 

 rapidly after death, so that it is almost impossible to recognise 

 in preserved specimens the species described from living 

 individuals."* 



Unfortunately none of these fishes were placed in formol, or 

 judging by results obtained in the case of other Labroids caught 

 near Sydney, and so preserved, much of the colour might have 

 been retained. 



These individuals, so much alike in our hands, must when alive 

 exhibit great variety of colour and pattern as delineated by 

 Bleeker, for the Funafuti natives recognise and name the several 

 species. 



PSEUDOSCARUS PULCHELLUS, Riippell. 



Pseudoscarus pulchellus, Riippell, sp., N.W. Fische, p. 25, pi. viii., 

 fig. 3 ; Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., pi. x., fig. 3. 



Previously recorded from the Red Sea, Mauritius, Java, 

 Celebes, China.? 



Funafuti native name, " Oulafi " or " Ourafi." 



* Giinther Study of Fishes, p. 532. 



