42. PSEUDOSCARUS. 229 



27. Pseudoscarus dubius. 



Scarus diibius, Benn. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 37. 



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

 pra3operc\ilar limb ; the middle series composed of five scales. Upper 

 lip broad, double in its entire circuit ; jaws whitish, without pointed 

 teeth at the angle. Anterior dorsal spine shortest ; fourteen pectoral 

 rays. Uniform brownish- olive ; vertical fins darker ; caudal white on 

 its posterior edge. 



Sandwich Islands. 

 a. Five inches long. Sandwich Islands. — Type of the species. 

 h. Young. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



28. Pseudoscarus serugiuosus. 



? Scarus seruginosus, Cuv. ^- Val. xiv. p. 257. 

 Scarus lacerta, Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 217. 



aeruginosus, Sleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. Cycl. 



p. 58. 

 Pseudoscarus aeruginosus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 40. tab. 17. fig. 2. 



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

 opercular limb; the middle series composed of five or six scales. Upper 

 lip broad, double in its entire circuit ; jaws brownish, with or without 

 small, pointed teeth at the angle of the upper jaw. Anterior dorsal 

 spine shortest; fourteen pectoral rays. Uniform greenish-brown, 

 with three silvery bands along the lower side of the beUy ; caudal 

 without white margin. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Four and a half inches long. 



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



29. Pseudoscarus tricolor. 



Scarus tricolor, ^feeft. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. Cycl. p. 59. 

 Pseudoscarus tiicolor, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 39. tab. 17. fig. 1. 



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

 pr«opercular limb and is composed of six scales. Upper lip very 

 broad ; jaws rosy, without pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal spines 

 subequal in length ; caudal emarginate ; fourteen pectoral rays. 

 Upper parts violet, .sides blue, lower parts rosy ; tail, caudal, and 

 posterior part of the dorsal red; only the dorsal has a blue margin. 

 Nearly imiform brown (in spirits). 



Java, Celebes, Amboyna. 



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

 30. Pseudoscarus rubro-violaceus. 



Scarus rubro-violaceu.', Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. 



Cycl. p. 52. 

 Pseudoscarus rubro-violaceus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 37. tab. 13. fig. 3. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and one or two scales on the 



