lower fork crosses preoperele down aiong front edge of inter- 
operele from lower pectoral axil this also extended backward 
to middle of lower caudal lobe as vermilion streak and finally 
blue on caudal fin; parallel from origin of pectoral similar 
narrow vermilion band to middle of caudal base; opercle flap 
light red; interorbital and frontal region down to near snout 
tip, though leaving broad triangle on preorbital before eye, 
bright red; umder surface of head, breast and rest of body light 
blue; intervening area between 2 longitudinal vermilion bands 
on body green forward and light blue along caudal peduncle side; 
dorsals red over larger area basally and margin broadly blue; 
anals with narrow red base and broad light blue outer portion; 
caudal licht green; pectoral with upper half blue, lower half 
green and pre-basal area above red band, yellow; ventral blue, 
A color sketch from Honden Island, August 1839 shows upper 
edge of back purple, turning to narrow submarginal band along 
upper caudal edge; upper edge of upper lip along snout edge, 
narrowly orange; orange band from lower eye edge crosses preo- 
percle angle, then forking on opercle and below, though along 
preopercle edge also as short orange bear; harrow edge of snout, 
lips and head below blue, also chest; postocular and cheek green; 
upper branch of orange fork on opercle continues obliquely below 
pectoral base, also short bar above parallel along pectoral base, 
area between yellowish-sreen; median red horizontal hand on trunk 
and another parallel below from pectoral axil, these all more or 
