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seven scales. Upper lip broad ; jaws whitish, the lower with a 

 strong horizontal pointed tooth near the angle ; teeth small. Dorsal 

 spines subequal in length ; caudal truncated ; fourteen pectoral rays. 

 Head and trunk reddish-olive, tail green. The green colour of the 

 upper lip is continued into a band running through the lower part 

 of the orbit to the angle of the operculum ; two stripes across the 

 lower lip ; a green band from the chin to the vent. Nape of the neck 

 with a green band, continued into a series of spots along the base of 

 the dorsal ; lower half of the dorsal violet, upper red, both colours 

 separated by a green line ; margin of the dorsal and the upper and 

 lower rays of the caudal green ; anal green, with a broad red band. 

 Louisiade Archipelago. Celebes. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. 



b. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. — (Ps. fre- 



natus.) 

 I can scarcely doubt that the species described is identical with 

 Scarus viridis, Bloch, and that Pseudoscarus viridis of Bleeker is a 

 different species. Prof. Peters having at my request examined 

 Bloch's typical specimen, writes that the latter (a half skin) has been 

 very faithfully drawn by Bloch, although Valenciennes says the con- 

 trary. In that specimen the band below the eye is continued on to 

 the end of the operculum, and the lower series of scales on the cheek 

 is composed of seven scales, and not of five as in Ps. viridis, Bleek. 

 The latter character is also in accordance with the form of the head, 

 which is more obtuse in Ps. vindis, Bleek., than in Sc. viridis, 'Sioch. 



7. Pseudoscarus chrysopoma. 



Scarus quoyi, part., Cnv. 6j- Val. xiv. p. 273. 



chrysopomus, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Gen. xxii. Ldbr. Cycl. p. 53. 



Pseudoscarus viridis, Bleek. (not Bloch) Atl. Ichth. p. 45. tab. 17. fig. 2. 



Three series of scales on the cheek, the lower of which covers the 

 praeopercular limb ; the middle is composed of five scales, the lower 

 of two or three. Upper Up broad ; jaws rosy, with a pointed tooth 

 at the angle. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; caudal truncated, 

 with the angles slightly produced in adult specimens ; fourteen pec- 

 toral rays. Green : scales with a reddish margin ; upper lip Avith 

 one, the lower with two cross-bands, passing into a subtriangular 

 spot between the orbit and the angle of the mouth ; three short lines 

 radiate from the eye. Dorsal and anal rosy, with a narrow band 

 along the base, and with greenish margins ; caiidal green. 



East Indies. 



a, h. Fine specimens. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



8. Pseudoscarus dimidiatus. 



Scarus dimidiatus, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nedcrl. vi. New Guinea, 



p. 17. 

 Pseudoscarus dimidiatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 41. tab. 16. fig. 1. 



Three series of scales on the cheek, the lower of which is composed 



