938 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



orange: ventrals red; pectorals mostly violet; spots on head and pos- 

 terior parts bright clear blue, elsewhere duller and violaceous. Body 

 very slender, the snout pointed; posterior canine large. Dorsal spines 

 slender, but pungent; caudal convex, its comers slightly produced. 

 Head ::; : tleptli 4 (5 in total). D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; scales l'-i'.V<i. 

 Pensacola, Florida, to Cuba and Surinam (here described from young- 

 males). 



(fJulis caudalis Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 213; ?Giiuther, iv, 1G6; Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 286: FJulis plains Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 214: ? I'luti/ylossti* 

 Ilk-tux Giiiither, iv, ICG: t Platygloa#u8 poeyi Sleiml. Ichth. Noliz. vi, 4U, 



I 'age GOO. Instead of Henristoma substitute- 



s'^. SCARUS Forskiil. 



(Forskal, Fauna Arabica, 1775, 25: type Scar us psltlacux Forskal.) 



Omit from the description of the genus the following clauses: "Lat- 

 eral line continuous." "Lower jaw included. Scales on the cheek in 

 more than one series." "Dorsal spines flexible." Our species should 

 stand as 

 954. S. giiacamaia ' & V- 



Page 007. After Scarus guacamaia add: 

 954 (&). S. croiceiisis Bloch. BuUon. 



Bluish silvery, with three red longitudinal bauds; the upper from 

 the nape to the end of the dorsal; the second through the eye, crossing 

 the space between the two portions of the lateral line; the third from 

 the base of the pectoral to the lower half of the caudal fin; head 

 mostly rosy; snout with bright -colored streaks; tins all yellow. Three 

 series of scales on the cheek; the middle composed of live scales; the 

 lower of three, and covering the limb of the preoperele. Caudal sub- 

 truncate. Teeth small, whitish or rosy; no posterior canine. 1'pper 

 lip broad, covering more than half of upper jaw. Dorsal s'pines Ilex 

 ible. Head ;;.] in total length; depth .">:-;. 1). IX, 10; A. II. S : Lat. 

 1. Ul. L. 7-S inches. (Cuv. & Val.) "West Indies, north to Sonihern 

 Florida (Urdu). 



(I'.lu.-h. Irlilli. IT'.IT, 1-. |.l. I'.'l: S,;,rnx i,,x,il,f-<i ,,<-l,i -,rn, -is Bl.u-li. A Sclm. 1801,285: 



('. A \'. xiv. '.'(ID: 1'nrinliisciiritx xniidn -c;v/r/'s < ,unl IH-V. iv, \ 







lih. Donal spines ]>uu^Mit ; si-:ilcs ..... -lin-k in < ..... snirs. ( >'/M-/'.SUMH/ ' S\\. 



Uosy olive: a black blotch on the upjiei 1 half ol' base of pec- 

 toral; front of head with brownish reticulations; tins rosy; color in 



, ii, 'J-J7, 1~:','J: t>jn- Xjmrnit aliHili/niiri'ii Ulocli. ( ,V 

 , not of Korskal, wliirli is Ilciiiinlinnd S\v. or 1'Hcndoniaru.i JHccker.) 



