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VOL. XXV. 



Family SCARID.E. 



147. SCARUS LACERTA ( Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 {Scams <iTagi)u)xi(s Bleeker, Uiuither, Day ; prol)ably not of Cuvier and Valenciennes. ) 



A fine specimen, No. 37 x, Formosa, F. I. 



No posterior canine; upper lip covering- more than half of upper 

 jaw; two rows of scales on check, with one or two below on opercular 

 limb; caudal short, lunate; three pale streaks on side of belly; dorsal 

 edged with dusky; caudal rather dark, the color otherwise lost. 



The species called Scarus xruginosus from the Red Sea, uniform 

 green, with green jaws, is apparently some other fish. In any case 

 the name Scarus lacerta has priority. 



Family ILARCHID.E. 



148. ILARCHES ORBIS (Bloch). 

 One specimen. No. 351, Formosa, F. I. 



Family EPHIPPID.E. 



149. EPHIPPUS ARGUSi (Gmelin). 



One specimen. No. 5073, f rom Suwata. 

 One specimen. No. 309, from Giran. 



Family PLATACID.E. 



150. PLAT AX TEIRA (Forskal). 



One specimen, No. ^98, from Hokoto, agreeing with a Japanese 

 specimen from the coast of Rikuzen. 

 D. V, 33; scales 60. 

 One specimen. No. 341, Formosa, F. I. 



Family CH.F7rOI)ONTID^. 



151. CHiETODON PR.ffiiTEXTATUS Cantor. 



(? Chictodo7i reticulatus Cuvier and Valeneiennen. ) 

 {CJaetodon collaris Bleeker; not of Blooh.) 



Two specimens, Nos. 12 x and 296, Formosa, F. I. 



A specimen. No. 365, from Formosa, F. I. 



These difler from a Japanese specimen (from Satsuma) of ChModon 

 e(MarlH Bloch (= Chsetodon aureus Schlegel = Chxtodon auripes Jordan 

 and Snyder), in not having any of the dark streaks branched or forked 



^ This species is the original type of Cuvier's genus Ephippus. Epldppns should 

 replace Scutophagus and Cacodoxus. 



