42. PSETJDOSCARUS. 227 



ish in spirits) longitudinal bands : the upper from the nape of the 

 neck to the end of the dorsal ; the second through the eye, crossing 

 the space between the two portions of the lateral line ; the third from 

 the base of the pectoral to the lower half of the caudal fin. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



a-h. Adult (8 inches long) and half-grown: skins. Jamaica. From 



Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

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

 h. Half-grown. Puerto Cabcllo. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



* * Snout without longitudinal streaks. 



21. Pseudoscarus chloris. 



Parra, lam. 28. fig. 3. 



Scarus chloris, Bl. Schn. p. 289. 



? Scarus \'ireus, Cm: iS" l^al. xiv. p. 203. 



Scarus quadrispinosus, Cui: <§• Val. xiv. p. 197. 



? Scarus obtusus, Poei/, 3fe?n. Cub. ii. p. 217. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and two scales on the lower 

 Umb of the praeoperculum ; the second series is composed of four 

 scales. Caudal rounded, with the lobes produced ; fifteen pectoral 

 rays. Teeth very small. Nearly uniform green ; vertical fins edged 

 with dark green ; nape or opercles sometimes reddish. Sometimes 

 uniform brownish (Scanis quadrispinosus). 



Caribbean Sea. 



a-c. Adult and half-gro'wn : skins. Jamaica. 



Brown variety (Scarus quadrispinosus) : 

 d. Half-grown : skin. Jamaica. 



22. Pseudoscarus cseruleus. 



Parra, lam. 27. figs. 1, 2. 



Novacula cserulea, Cateshy, Carol, pi. 18. 



Cor^'phoena cserulea, Bl. taf. 176 (very bad) ; Bl. Schn. p. 295 ; Lnc/'i). 



iii. p. 175. 

 Scarus loro, Bl. Schn. p. 288. 



cffiruleus, Bl. Schn. p. 288; Cuv. ^- Val. xiv. p. 18fi. pi. 401. 



trilobatus, Laccp. iv. p. 21. 



? Sparus holocyanosu.'?, Lacep. iv. p. 45. 



A rounded prominent hump above the snout. Jaws whitish. 

 Caudal with the lobes produced. Uniform blue. 



Caribbean Sea. 



This is very probably the old state of one of the other species, 

 perhaps of Ps. chlori,'?. 



23. Pseudoscarus aracanga. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and two scales on the lower prae- 

 opercular limb ; the middle series is composed of six scales. Lips 



