226 LABRID^. 



green, with a broad yellow longitudinal band near its upper mai-giu ; 

 anal with a similar band, commencing at the base of the front spine, 

 and terminating near the tip of the last ray ; caudal green, with the 

 upper and lower margins yellow. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 6. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

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

 d-e. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 

 f. Adult : skeleton. Cuba. From Mr. GeiTard's Collection. 



Vertebrce 12/13. In this species the dentary bone of the mandi- 

 bula is still more separate from the articulary than in Scariis auro- 

 frenatus, the joint between both bones being very narrow. A good 

 figure of this peculiar structure of the mandible is given in Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. pi. 404. 



19. Pseudoscarus tseniopterus. 



Scarus taeniopterus, (DesmJ) Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 195. 

 ? Scarus diadema, Cur. Sf Fal. xiv. p. 198. 



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

 limb of the jiraeoperculum ; the middle composed of five scales. 

 Caudal truncated. Teeth small. Olive (in a preserved state) : a 

 yeUow band descends from the upper posterior angle of the orbit 

 towards the middle of the side, and is lost at the end of the tnink ; 

 there is a dark band immediately below, which takes its origin from 

 the hind margin of the orbit, is edged with green on the head, descends 

 to above the root of the pectoral, and is lost at the end of the trunk ; 

 the parts below the dark band are yellow. There are two green 

 streaks on each side of the snout, and one round the lips. A narrow 

 band along the edge and base of the dorsal and anal is green, aU the 

 remainder of those fins being yellowish, with green spots. The upper 

 and lower margins of the caudal green. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Half-grown. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq. 



b. Half-grown. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



c-e. Adult and haK-grown : stuffed and skins. West Indies. Pur- 

 chased of Mr. Scrivener. 



20. Pseudoscarus sanctae cmcis. 



Scarus croicensis, £1. taf. 221. 



insulse sanctse Crucis, £1. Schi. p. 285. 



altemans, Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 200. 



Three series of scales on the cheek, the middle composed of five 

 scales, the lower of three and covering the limb of the prseoperculura. 

 Caudal subtruncated. Teeth small. Silvery, with three red (brown- 



