120 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1897. 



sal mottled ; caudal strongly marked with cross blotches, a pair of 

 subterminal blotches of white which nearly meet in the middle ; 

 other fins all white, the pectoral dusky (not black) at base ; no vel- 

 low blotch behind dorsal. Margin of caudal coucave ; forehead 

 strongly convex. The names rubripinnis, circumnotatus, emargi- 

 natus, virens and truncatus seem to have been based on this species, 

 which is distinct from S. flavescens, and probably from S. distinction 

 and S. frondosum. 



141. Sparisoma brachiale (Poey). 



Scarus brachialis Poey, Mernorias, II, 345, 1860 (Cuba). 

 Sparisoma brachiale, Jordan, Labroid Fishes, 75. 



142. Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloeh <fc Schneider). Blue Parrot. 



Scarus chrysopterum Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ich., 286, 1801, pi. 57 (Amer- 

 ican Seas). 



Sparisoma chrysopterum, Jordan, Labroid Fishes, 76. 



Deep blue-green, head and portion behind pectorals brighter; an 

 ill-defined pale band on lower part of sides; lower part of body 

 greenish. Dorsal and anal yellowish ; caudal with upper and lower 

 rays green, tip with a narrow green border, in front of which is a 

 narrow orange crescent, the remaining portion of the central rays 

 pale yellow. Pectoral colorless, the upper rays tinged with lemon- 

 yellow, a dark spot at upper edge of base, axil orange, some orange 

 in front of base; teeth bluish. 



143. Sparisoma lorito Jordan k Swain. 



Sparisoma lorito Jordan & Swain, Proa U.S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 95 (Havana) \ 

 Jordan, Labroid Fishes, 76. 



Nearly uniform pale green ; top of head in front of eyes white ; a 

 blue streak from upper lip to eye and another from lower lip toward 

 pectoral ; dorsal yellowish ; middle of caudal rays orange, outer 

 green; anal dusky white; pectorals and ventrals white, a dusky 

 blotch at upper base of pectorals. 



144. Sparisoma viride (Bounaterre). Dark Green Parrot. 



Scams viridis Bounaterre, Enc. Meth., X, 96, 193, 178S (Bahama, after 

 Catesby). 



Sparisoma viride, Jordan, Labroid Fishes, 77. 



Deep blue, scales edged with brownish, which above makes one 

 or two continuous streaks; top of head light grayish-brown, a simi- 

 lar band from eye to above gill-opening, another paler stripe from 

 opercle to corner of mouth and edges of both lips; edge of opercle 

 below pale grayish, changing to bright orange above, a deep yellow 

 spot at tip of opercle ; no inky black spot on opercle ; lips deep 



