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posterior margin of fiii dusk}' ; ventrals flesh-color, tiuj^ed witli ])iiikis]i j 

 pectorals orange-olive, the base of upper rays with a tlark spot, its 

 axil pale. 



A single adult specimen taken at Hav^ana. 



This species is related to S. chrysopteruin, differing in the presence of 

 but a single canine, in the less branched pores of the lateral line, and 

 in the coloration. We are not able to identify it with any of I'oey's 

 species. Tiie name Lorito is a diminutive of Loro, parrott, the name 

 generally given to the blue IScari by the Cuban fishermen. 



10. Sparisoma aurofrenatum. 



t^carun (titrofrcnatiifi, Cuv. &. Val., xiv, WA), lUl (San Doiniiij^o) ; Giintber, 

 iv, 212 (Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad) ; Guicheuot, Scarid^.s Mus. Paris, 

 1865, 1:3 (Sau Domingo); Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, 1871, 40 (St. 

 Croix; St. Martins). 



Scarus m'miofreiiatii.s J'ocy, Mcmorias, II, 279, '.id'S, 1860 (Cuba) ; Poey, Re- 

 pertorio, I, 1867, 374 ; II, 164, 1868 ; Poey, Synopsis, 337 ; Poey, Enu- 

 meratio, 1875, 111. 



Head, 3^ (4); depth, 2'} (3i); length of exan)i)le described (Havana), 

 8^ inches. 



Body ell ii)tical -oblong. 



Jaws pale in color ; teeth less distinct than usual in this type, the 

 edge of the upper jaw nearly entire, the edge of the lower jaw more un- 

 even. A small canine in front of the angle of the mouth on each side 

 (this obsolete on both sides of one of the three specimens examined). 

 A small canine near suture of upper jaw on both sides usually present; 

 ui)per lip covering more than half of upper jaw. 



Eye ralher large, 4';^ in head; snout not blunt, 1| in head ; cheeks with 

 a single row of 4 or 5 large s(;ales; four scales on median line before 

 dorsal ; pores of lateral line much branched, covering most of the scales. 



Caudal fin moderately lunate, the upper lobe the longer, If in head, 

 1^ times length of middle rays. 



Color in life purplish brown, becoming reddish on sides, and finally 

 livid greenish below; head purplish-violet about eyes; side of head with 

 a stripe of vivid scarlet running from corner of mouth just below and 

 slightly i)ast eye, a second short streak of the same color above the first 

 behind. eye; a golden-orange spot rather smaller than eye on and be- 

 low the fifth scale of the lateral line, its upper portion black ; dorsal 

 orange, slaty at base, posteriorly; caudal, scarlet at base, then blood 

 red, yellowish in the center, whitish behind, the projecting tips of both 

 lobes black, the whole fin faintly mottled and barred with dusky ; anal 

 crimson, its edge light blue ; ventrals livid i)urplish ; pectorals light 

 yellowish, bluish in axil, dusky at base in front. In spirits the orange 

 and red colors fade to light yellowish. A more or less distinct dark 

 stripe on each row of scales below the lateral line, paler on lower rows ; 

 l)ale greenish about eyes; dusky on snout above; edge of scales on 

 body above, and on sides more or less dusky. 



