line. Broad dark band from each side of snout to eye, nearly 
wide as latter and continued up on post-ocular and upper re- 
gion of opercle, and separated medianly to form 2 bands, of 
which lower slightly broader. Another dark band, narrower, 
extends from maxillary across preopercle angle to gill-opening, 
Trunk with many longitudinal dark bands or lines, following 
within junctures of scales so that median area of scale pale 
and lines is ano much narrower and paler. Fins all pale 
brown, second membrane of spinous dorsal dusky. Front ventral 
edge brownish, rest of fin pale, Blackish-brown blotch at last 
Basallhaifcof soft dorsal and on back below, but not to lateral 
line, Length 113 mm,(caudal damaged). Maui. 
The Polynesien species of Lepidaplois have been very unsat-~ 
isfactorily characterized, Tne oldest name for the species with 
the large blackish blotch at front of caudal peduncle is Labrus 
hirsutus Lacepede, His crude figure, however, does not shoe the 
black predorsal blotch, the anal edge is not dark, though the 
longitudinal pale stripes are shown, and those above lateral 
line broken up as little spots. IL. macrourus Lacepede also 
has the large transverse blackish blotch at the front of the 
caudal peduncle as showniin Lacepede's figure, and so arranged 
to embrace the last dorsal rays and last haif of the enal. 
The black blotch at front of spinous dorsal nearly midway in 
fin and only extended over first 2 membranes. Unlike the pre- 
ceding figure the entire anal edge is blackish. IL. bilumnuls- 
tus Lacepede shows the dark blotch below the dorsal, but ahove 
