116 SEALE. 



Chsetodon adiergastos Seale, .sp. nov. 



Head 3 ; depth at middle of dorsal 1.30 ; eye 3 in head ; snout 3 ; 

 interorbital 3; dorsal XII, 26; anal III, 21; scales 4-31-14; maxillary 

 4, its tip below nostril. Body short, deep, and strongly compressed; 

 scales large on sides, small on head, soft dorsal, anal, and base of caudal. 

 Head small, the profile steep, concave; snout small and pointed, its 

 length about equal to width of eye; mouth small; teeth setiform, in 

 several rows in each jaw, somewhat curved and projecting; nostrils small, 

 close together and in front of eye; interorbital space slightly convex; 

 gill openings large, being carried, forward to below middle of eye ; gill 

 rakers few, short and weak; dorsal spines short and strong, the middle 

 ones the longest, about 1.80 in head; soft dorsal rounded, similar to 

 anal; origin of anal midway between anterior margin of eye and tip of 

 caudal, the second anal spine strong and equal in length to the third 

 which is slim; caudal truncate, its length 1.75 in head; ventrals midway 

 between middle of cheek and origin of anal, the tip extending beyond the 

 anal pore, the axil with an elongate scale; pectorals slightly less than 

 head. Lateral line arched and -high, ending at posterior angle of dorsal. 



Color in alcohol is yellowish with numerous oblique brown lines ex- 

 tending down and forward over the entire side, each line marking the 

 center of a row of scales, a jet-black ocular band of greater width than 

 eye, the band not uniting above with its fellow, and its lower margin 

 ending on the suboperculum. This band is very distinct and sharply 

 defined, and is without marginal white borders, although the opercles and 

 chin are almost white. On the shoulder midway between the fijst dorsal 

 spine and the interorbital space is a small black saddle, not connected 

 with the ocular band. Snout yellow, unmarked; soft dorsal and anal 

 brown, with dark tips which have a rather narrow ' band across the 

 posterior yellowish white area, basal third of fin brown; ventrals yellow- 

 ish with some very indistinct darker blotches; pectorals yellowish. 



Type, No. 5800 in collection of Bureau of Science, from Bantayan 

 Island, P. I. Length,, 116 millimeters. Also cotype No. 5791, length 

 111 millimeters. 



This species is related to C flavirostris Giinther, but lacks the wide, 

 dusky band from dorsal to anal which characterizes that species. Our 

 species is more distinctly striped than C. xanthurins Bleeker. It differs 

 also in having a wide ocular band and in being distinctly striped, the 

 stripes running obliquely forward over the entire sides. It also has 

 no "broad yellow band occupying the posterior part of the body," and 

 neither the ocular band nor the saddle is bordered by a white line. 

 Amblygobius insignis Seale, sp. nov. 



Head 3.60; depth 4.70; eye 4 in head; snout 4.10; maxillary 2.50; 

 interorbital less than width of pupil ; dorsal VI, 13 ; anal 13 ; scales 60-70 

 in lateral series. Head naked; no barbules; no serri. Teeth in two 



