480 
BULLETIN OF THF UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
strong, convex, meeting in a produced point at the center; eye high up, the supraorbital rim 
prominent; interorbital space concave; anterior profile from tip of snout to occiput nearly straight; 
caudal peduncle compressed and deep, its depth 2.25 in head; gill-opening vertical, its length less 
than diameter of eye; nostril small, perforate, not in a projecting tube; body chiefly smooth on sides 
and caudal peduncle; dorsal region between eyes and dorsal fin with small, sharp prickles; a similar 
patch on lower part of cheek and belly; snout and interorbital region naked; lower jaw naked; 
posterior part of body and caudal peduncle naked; fins moderate; dorsal with the anterior rays 
longest, the free edge oblique, nearly straight, height of fin 2 in head; anal pointed, its length about 
2.8 in head; caudal truncate, its length 1.3 in head; pectoral broad, little oblique, its length 2.6 in head. 
Color in alcohol, pale brownish above, paler on sides and belly; a large blackish area on side 
below base of dorsal; cheek and entire body covered with small roundish brown spots; 2 dark brown 
lines on cheek under eye; 2 or 3 similar lines radiating backward from eye and 2 others running 
forward from eye; 5 narrow" dark lines across head between eyes; a dark median line from tip of 
lower jaw' to vent; side of snout with 2 vertical and 2 horizontal brown lines; fins all pale, the caudal 
with converging light brown lines on base. 
This species is known only from the type, a specimen 3.5 inches long, collected near Kihei, Maui, 
by Mr. Richard C. McGregor. Type, No. 50853, U. S. N M. 
Fro. S3.- - TmpitlieMhys cpilamprus Jenkins, new species. Type. 
208. Tropidichthys bitaeniatus Jenkins. 
One specimen of this species, 2 inches in length, is in Dr. Wood’s collection. 
F.umycterias bzteeniatus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm, for 1899 (June 8, 1901), 400, fig. 12, Honolulu. (Type, No. 49702, 
I T . S. N. M.: coll. O. P. Jenkins.) 
Family XLV. MOLIDiE. 
209. Ranzania makua .lenkins. 
One specimen, 2 feet in length, was sent to Stanford University from Honolulu, by Mr. C. B. Wilson 
in 1892. It is the type of the species and is No. 12605, L. S. Jr. ITniv. Mus. 
Ranzania makua Jenkins, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sei., second series, vol. v, 1895 (October 31), 779-784, with colored plate 
(frontispiece), Honolulu. 
Family XLV I. 0STRAC1D4E. 
210. Ostracion camurum Jenkins. 
I obtained 4 specimens of this species, and 2 are in the collection made by Dr. Wood. They vary 
in length from 3.5 to 4.5 inches. 
Ostracion camurum Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm, for 1899 (June 8, 1901), 396, fig. 9, Honolulu. (Type, No. 49697, 
U. S. N. M.; coll. O. P. Jenkins.) 
