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of first 2 dorsal spines jet-black, with a golden spot below; rest of dorsal tin with alternations of oblique 
bluish or grayish lines and rows of olive spots, these spots smaller and more reticulate near tip of tin; 
anal similar, its edge dusky; caudal dark olive, with bluish reticulations, a broad band of dirty white 
covering its basal two-fifths; pectoral faintly olivaceous, its inner base and a large axillary blotch jet- 
black; ventral* reddish black, with a black spot in the axil; iris purple. 
On specimen No. 03501 there was a bright yellow spot at base of pectoral; axil black, an irregu¬ 
larly curved black spot behind axil, concave anteriorly. Another specimen (No. 03502) differed 
markedly from the preceding example, having the color in life dull slaty bluish, no orange or reddish 
on belly; edges of scales on belly not white; no lines radiating from eye; no other markings on bead; 
black and yellow on first 2 dorsal membranes; the black axillary spot large and united with the 
curved black area at lower edge of pectoral. Another specimen, 8 inches long (No. 03393), taken 
July 8, was blackish olive, nearly uniform, the scales of side with a pale olive-gray vertical bar; axil 
jet-black, with a jet-black ocellus above, and bright yellow- on base of first pectoral ray; head mottled 
olive, unmarked; dorsal dingy olive, with a large black ocellus behind second spine; soft dorsal vaguely 
cross-spotted with dull bluish and dull golden-olive, its edge washed with red; anal mottled olive, 
edged with blackish; caudal reddish olive, with a dull pink or flesh-colored crossbar, a dusky bar 
behind; ventral* mottled black; pectoral dusky, its first ray reddish. 
The same specimen in alcohol has the scales pale or dusky white, somewhat rosy, with broad 
dark brown borders; axil of pectoral black, with a large bluish-black blotch above and a narrow blue- 
black line below; membrane between first and second dorsal spines black, that between second 
and third spines with a black spot below, which is a light, yellowish area, rest of dorsal fin pale 
yellowish white, crossed by numerous series of irregular large brownish-purple spots, these 
coalescing more or less posteriorly; edge of soft dorsal more or less purplish; anal similar to soft 
dorsal, markings less distinct, edge darker; caudal with a broad yellowish white bar on its basal 
two-fifths, the outer portion dusky olivaceous crossed by obscure vertical paler lines; 1 or 2 scales 
on lateral line beneath first to third dorsal rays, sometimes with a blackish spot; head pale yellowish 
white, a narrow dark line from eye downward and backward to near edge of preoperele; a similar 
bar from posterior border of eye downward and backward toward edge of operele, slightly below 
upper edge of pectoral; a third much shorter line from posterior border of eye, where it sometimes 
coalesces with the second, upward and backward toward origin of lateral line; and a fourth, shorter 
and less distinct, upward and backward from upper edge of orbit toward nape. In some specimens, 
particularly the males, there are 2 narrow lines across interorbital space from eye to eye, 2 similar 
ones downward from eye toward end of maxillary, and a fainter one forward from eye under nostril. 
In some specimens, particularly the larger ones, the general color is darker and the oblong black 
pectoral ocellus is more distinct. 
The above description, except life-color notes, based upon (No. 05611) a specimen 10 inches long 
from Honolulu. This species appears to be not uncommon at times among tin' Hawaiian Islands. 
There was 1 specimen from Honolulu in the collection examined by Steindachner. It was not 
obtained by Dr. Jenkins, but 2 specimens were obtained by Dr. Wood in 1898, and one male by 
Jordan and Snyder in 1900. Abundant, in Samoa. 
The young of this species have the first 2 dorsal spines elongate and more or less detached, as 
usual in Xovaculichtliyx. Our collection contains 21 excellent specimens, only 3 of which are males. 
Two examples were collected at Honolulu by Dr. Wood and 2 by Jordan and Snyder; of our speci¬ 
mens only 2 are from Ililo. Length, 5.4 to 10.2 inches. 
J.abrus tremount* Laecpede Hist. Nat Poiss., til. 448, 518, 1801. Tropical Pacific. 
Spams hemtiplurrium Lacepede, op. fit., IV. 53. 1(50, 1802, locality not given. 
dpamjSS&uhio* Lilcvpodc, op. Oil., 54, 1(50, 1802. locality not given. 
Julis ranikomtsis Quoy & Guimard. Voy Astrolabe, Poiss., 701, pi. 20, fig. 1, 1833, Vanikoro. 
Jnlisbifcr (young) Lay .V Bennett, Zool Beeehey's Voyage, 64, 1839, Oahu Island. 
Novacrita ccphalof&nia Bleaker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. 1ml . VI, 1854, 333, Lurantuka. 
Xovacula limitii (young? Bleeker, Act. Soc Sc. 1ml, Necrl. 1, 1856, Vissch. Amboina, 59, Amboyna. 
Xovacula /'tut tcob on*. Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Miss. Wien, l.XX, 1900, 504 (Honolulu). 
XomcuUchthtjs hemisphterium, Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XXII, 1902 (Sept, 23, 1903), 461 (Honolulu). 
Novaculichthys txniourus. Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19. 1904), 530 (Honolulu). 
