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alternatus, evermanni, emhlematicus , lineolatus, margarita, and distinc- 

 tum, represent the immature or female color pattern; all other species 

 names represent adult males. 



I have examined numerous lots from the following localities: 

 Florida, 45 lots; Bermuda, 4; Bahamas, 5; Cuba, 8; Puerto Rico, 2; 

 Haiti, 6; Curacao, 3; St. Lucia, 1; Nassau, 1, St. Thomas, 1; West 

 Indies, 1; Texas, 1; Cozumel, 1; and Panama, 11; also 35 lots from 

 Bermuda, loaned by the Chicago Natural History Museum; and 26 

 lots from the Bahamas, loaned by Dr. Bohlke. 



Scarus hoeflcri (Steindachner) 



Plate 21,d 



Pseudoscarus hoefleri Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 44, p. 46, 

 pi. 6, fig. 2, 1881 (type locality: Goree (Dakar), West Africa). 



In alcohol, this species is brownish, including all median fins; 

 posteroventrally paler adjacent to anal fin base; teeth in young 

 whitish, becoming grayish green in a specimen 195 mm. in standard 

 length. 



I have examined 2 specimens from off Monrovia, Liberia, collected 

 by George C. Miller, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



Subfamily Sparisomatinae 



This subfamily is characterized by having the teeth incompletely 

 coalesced into 4 plates, sometimes with pointed incisorlike teeth 

 externally on the platelike structures; one row of scales with 2 to 4 

 scales on the cheek below eye; upper pharyngeal bones each with 3 

 rows of teeth; lower pharyngeal bone with dentigerous surface notably 

 broader than long; number of teeth in middle rows of lower pharyn- 

 geals vary from 6 to 7 counting all rudiments; anterior nostril with a 

 distinct cirrus, or dermal flap; lateral line interrupted below rear end 

 of base of dorsal fin, then beginning again one row lower and con- 

 tinuing along midside of caudal peduncle; gill rakers 2 or 3 + 1 + 6 

 to 12; pectoral rays normally ii,ll; dorsal spines flexible or pungent; 

 median predorsal scales 4 or 5; abdominal vertebrae 9, caudal 16. 



Genus Scaridea Jenkins 



Scaridea Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22 (1902), p. 468, 1903 (genotype: 

 Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins). 



This genus is known only from the Hawaiian Islands. 



Scaridea zonarcha Jenldns 



Plate 22, b 

 Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22 (1902), p. 468, fig. 26, 

 1903 (type locality: Honolulu; USNW 50851). 



