122 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1897. 



S-shaped markings on the rays ; anal similar to dorsal, but the 

 markings on the rays nearly round ; caudal marked with rivulatious 

 of green and orange, the outer rays deep green ; pectoral green at 

 base, upper margins yellowish, otherwise colorless ; outer rays of 

 ventrals green, otherwise colorless. 



149. Scarus croicensis Bloch. 



Scarus croicensis Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. 221,1790 (St. Croix); Jordan, 

 Labroid Fishes, 87. 



Color quite variable, usually pale reddish-brown with light streaks 

 extending backward from above and below eye, the upper ending 

 below end of dorsal, the lower extending along middle of tail, a dark 

 band between them and another less distinct below them ; belly pale. 

 In some specimens the sides are almost uniformly dark, the dark 

 lateral bands being very indistinct. Middle of caudal fin sometimes 

 slightly pale, but not in all specimens. Dorsal pale, sometimes 

 nearly covered with dark mottlings. Anal pale or white. Upper 

 rays of pectoral yellowish olive, paired fins otherwise pale. Teeth 

 white, reddish at base, one or two canines on one side in some speci- 

 mens. 



150. Scarus caeruleus (Bloch). Dark Blue Parrot Fish. 



Coryphuiia cmrulea Bloch, Ichthyologia, II, 120, taf. 176, 1786 (Bahamas, 

 after Catesby). 



Scarus azruleus, Jordan, Labroid Fishes, 88. 



Body ultramarine blue ; fins blue, dorsal edged with darker blue, 

 the membrane of spinous dorsal blackish at base ; a sky-blue 

 band from eye to and across each lip ; a pale band below it on 

 under lip, a narrow pale edging above. Pectoral with base and 

 upper ray blue, rest of fin pale ; anal deep blue, blackish at base ; 

 ventrals blue, the last rays paler ; caudal deep blue, the outer rays 

 darker, posterior edge pale; teeth pale. 



Specimens, about six inches long, have the back yellow, scales on 

 sides yellow with green edges, belly nearly uniform greenish ; outer 

 rays of caudal deep green, middle rays paler ; dorsal yellow, edged 

 with green ; anal pale yellowish, edged with green ; pectorals nearly 

 colorless, slightly orange at tip ; ventrals greenish ; teeth white. 



151. Scarus emblematicus Jordan & Rutter, new species. 



Head 3; depth 3 J in length; eye 4| in head; dorsal IX, 10; 

 anal III, 9 ; scales 3-24-5. 



Dorsal and ventral outlines regularly and similarly curved, body 

 highest over pectorals ; nostril in front of eye, close together, very 



