210 LABEID^. 



Spams aureo-ruber, Lacep. iv. pp. 56, 163, iii. pi. 33. fig. 3. 

 Scarus abildgaardii, Cut: ^ Val. xiv. p. 175. 



The snout is at least twice as long as the diameter of the eye. 

 Caudal fin truncated in immature specimens, and forked in adult 

 ones. Greyish- or brownish-olive (in a preserved state), each scale 

 with narrow, very dark margins ; membrane of the gUl-opening 

 black ; axQ without dark spot. Some scales with a whitish spot in 

 the middle. 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America, 



K. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir E,. Schomburgk. 

 J>. Half-grown. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 

 c-o. Adult, half-grown, and yoimg : stuffed and skins. Caribbean 

 Sea. 



4. Scarus catesbyi. 



Psittacus piscis, Catesb. Carol, ii. tab. 29. 



Scarus catesbsei, Laccp. iv. p. 16 ; Cim. ^ Val. xiv. p. 183. 



Callyodon psittacus, Gronov. Si/st. eel. Gray, p. 84. 



Caudal fin crescent-shaped, with the lobes much produced. Green, 

 with a large white blotch at the root of the caudal ; a brownish band 

 proceeds from the angle of the mouth towards the opercular lobe, 

 which has a yellow spot edged below with black ; giU-membrane red ; 

 axil without black ; pectoral dark green on its posterior half, a broad 

 margin being transparent; anal green at the base and margin, 

 brownish along the middle ; caudal with a narrow red crescent, which 

 is separated by a green band from the transparent posterior margin ; 

 upper and lower margins green. 



West Indies. 



a-c. Adult and half-grown : stuflfed. West Indies. Purchased of 

 Mr. Scrivener. 



d. Adult. South America (? Barbadoes). Presented by Sir R. 



Schomburgk. 



e. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



5. Scarus frondosus. 



?? Scarus frondosus, Cuv. ^- Val. xiv. p. 204. 



Caudal truncated. Olive (in spirits), with three indistinct light 

 longitudinal bands : the upper along the lateral line to a white spot 

 on the back of the taU, immediately behind the dorsal ; the middle 

 is straight and rims from the operculum, above the axil, to the middle 

 of the root of the caudal ; the lower along the side of the beUy ; base 

 of the pectoral rather dark ; fins punctulated with white, except the 

 spinous dorsal, which is marbled with brownish. (Cfr. Sc. ruhripinnis.) 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



a. Seven inches long. Cuba. Prom the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 h. Seven inches long: skin. Jamaica. Fi'om Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 c. Head. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq. 



