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ther, those of the lower jaw disposed in very oblique series; the 

 dentigerous plate of the lower pharyngeal broader than long. D. ^. 

 A. J. L. lat. ca24. Scales of the back covering the base of the fin. 

 Indian Seas ; tropical parts of the Pacific. 



1. Scarichthys auritus. 



Scarus auritus, (Kuhl ^ van Jfass.) Cuv. ^~ Val. xiv. p. 218. 



vaigiensis, pt., Quoy i^ Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 288 ; Cuv. ISf Val. 



xiv. p. 214. 



naevius, Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 253 ; Bleek. Celebes, iii. p. 769. 



Callyodon chlorolepis, Richards. Voy. Stilph. Iclithyol. p. 137. pi. 64. 



figs. 4-7. 

 Scarichthys auritus, Bleek. All. IcJdh. p. 15. tab. 1. fig. 3. 



Greenish, irregularly spotted with brown ; cheek with two yellow 

 cross-bands. Dorsal fin with a series of large brown spots ; pectoral 

 blackish at the base. 



From the Seychelles to the New Hebrides. 



a. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



b, c. Half-grown and young. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown. Hongkong. Presented by Sir J. Richardson.— 



Type of Calhiodon chlorolepis. 



e. Twelve inches long ; stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's 



Collection. 



2. Scarichthys cseruleopunctatus. 



Scarus coeruleopunctatus, Riippcll, N. W. Fische, p. 24. taf. 7. fig. 3 ; 

 Cui\ 8f Val. xiv. p. 262 ; Bleek. Banda, iii. p. 1 10. 



bottse, Cm. df Val. xiv. p. 262. 



Scarichthys coeruleopunctatus, Bleek. All. Ichth. p. 16. tab. 1. fig. 2. 



Brownish-olive : head and body with niimerous blue oceUi, edged 

 with darker, one or more on each scale ; fins yellowish or rosy, with 

 smaU dots on the rays. 



Red Sea. East Indian Archipelago. 



u. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



40. CALLYODON*. 



Callyodon, (Gronov.) Cuv. fy V(d. xiv. p. 285. 



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

 terior teeth imbricate, more or less distinct ; the dentigerous plate of 

 the lower pharyngeal broader than long. D. ^. A.|-. L. lat. ca 24. 



Seas between the tropics. 



* 1. Callyodon sandwiccnsis, Cuv. ^' Val. xiv. p. 295.^Sandwich Islaiida. 



2. Parra, lam. 28. fig. 4. — Scarus flavescens, BI. Schn. p. 290. — Callyodon 



flarescens, Cuv. i^- Vol. xiv. p. 289.— West Indies. 



3. Scarus dentiens, Pw//, Mem. Cub. ii. 1861, p. 422. — Cuba. 



