Bemlos waipio (Barnard)

Lembos processifer Barnard, 1965: 529, figs. 28g-m (not Lembos processifer Pirlot, 1938).

Lembos waipio Barnard, 1970: 85, figs. 44-45.-Myers, 1985c: 379, figs. 242-245.

? Lembos waipio .- Ledoyer, 1984: 37, fig. 17B.

Bemlos waipio .-Myers, 1988a: 189.-Myers, 1995': 30.

Material examined. NCL-2 (1 6), NCL- 5(1 6), NCL-22 (2 66, 3 99), NCL-29 (1 6), NCL-139 (1 6).,

Remarks. This species occurs in an arc {rom Hawaii westwards through the Carolines to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It has not yet been found in the south Pacific (Fiji to Society Islands).

Habitat. Amongst red algae, Sargassum, epiphytes and coral rubble, 0-2 m.

Distribution. Hawaii, Caroline· Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia.