212 LABRrDJK. 



b-p. Adult, half-grown, and young : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. 



Pamell's Collection. 

 q-s. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of 



Mr. Scrivener. 

 t, u. Adult and half-grown. South America. 

 V. Half-grown : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



9. Scarus squalidus. 



Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 218. 



Caudal trancated, with the angles slightly produced. Rosy : pec- 

 toral with a large blackish blotch on its upper half. (Poey.) 

 Cuba. 



10. Scarus aurofrenatus. 

 Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 191. 



Caudal fin truncated, with the lobes slightly produced. A yellow 

 band proceeds from the hind part of the upper lip to the lower orbital 

 margin, is interrupted on the operculum, and ascends in an oblique 

 direction to the fifth or sixth scale of the lateral line, where it ter- 

 minates ; there is a small black spot above its end. Axil and mem- 

 brane of the operculum without black. Anal with a violet margin ; 

 caudal with a broad whitish posterior margin, and with black corners. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. Cuba. From Mr. Gerrard's Collection. 



h-e. Adiilt : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



/. Adult : stuffed. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq. 



g. Adult. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



h-i. Adult and half-grown : skins. West Indies. Purchased of 



Mr. Scrivener. 

 h. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 

 I. Adult : skeleton (see p. 208). West Indies. Purchased of Mr. 



Scrivener. 



11. Scarus strigatus. 



Dorsal spines rather stout, the anterior not much longer than the 

 orbit. Caudal fin slightly rounded. Lateral line not interrupted, 

 each tube divided into many branches. Olive (in spirits) ; the scales 

 forming the lateral line, those on the nape of the neck, and a few on 

 the opercles, black, shining violet. The outer parts of the vertical fins 

 violet ; posterior part of the axil blackish-violet. 



Hab. ? 



a. Twelve inches long. Old Collection. 



39. SCARICHTHYS. 



Scarichthys, Bleek. Versl. Akad. Wet. Amsterd. xii. 1861, .Scar. p. 2. 

 A single series of scales on the cheek ; dorsal spines flexible ; the 

 upper lip double in its whole circuit ; anterior teeth soldered toge- 



