21/4; third anal spine 3 3/4 to 4 2/5; iret anal ray 2 1/4 
to 2 1/31 caudal convex behind, 1 2/5 to 1 3/5; pectoral 1 2/5 
to 1°6/53 ventral 11/4 to 1 2/38, 
Color in alcohol largely olive-brown, paler below, About 
15 longitudinal dark bands, 2 of which above lateral line, those 
on costal region narrower and sometimes joining others; bands 
not entirely parallel with courses of scales, except in few 
cases, Paler areas of intervening bands mostly with pale bluish- 
pray spots, often one to a scale, Head mostly deep brown forward, 
Grayish band from below front eye edge to mouth corner; another 
from mouth angle across lower preopercle flange and interopercle; 
also 4 or 5 other broad grayish bands, spots or blotches down 
across cheek and front of opercle. +ris pale brown. Dorsals 
brown, with 5 or 6 longitudinal fine deeper bromnish lines, 
Slightly waved, and black blotch little smaller than pupil on 
basal part of first membrane. Anals pale brownish, with similar 
lines, only oblique and pale; in smaller examples these lines 
fewer or less crowded, also coarser. Caudal brown, with about 
5 transverse slightly waved grayish bands on scaleless portion 
of fin, edged narrowly with deeper tint, Pectoral and ventral 
uniform dull brown. fBength 184 to 315 mm, Two from Maui, 
We also include 2 Hawaiian examples, examined in the Academy, 
one of which is representative of the nominal Coris rosea 
Vaillant and Sauvage. Although our material does not certainly 
