42. PSEUDOSCARUS. 231 



of the lower lip, a hammer-like mark on the throat, and a small spot 

 on the interoperculum blue. Dorsal and anal fins red, with the base 

 and the margin blue ; a series of round green spots along the middle 

 of the fin. Caudal blue, with red markings, one of which is trans- 

 verse, the two others oblique. 

 Red Sea. 



fl. Adult: stuffed. Red Sea. From Dr. E. Ruppell's Collection. 

 34. Pseudoscarus bataviensis. 



Scarus bataviensis, Bleek. Java, iv. p. 342. 



Pseudoscarus bata\iensis, Bleek. Atl Ichth. p. 48. tab. 12. fig. 3. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower praeopercular limb 

 being entirely naked ; the lower series is composed of six scales. 

 Upper lip broad ; jaws rosy, the upper with one or two conical teeth 

 at the angle, none at the lower. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; 

 fourteen pectoral rays ; caudal rounded, with the angles produced. 

 Green : lips red, blue anteriorly and green posteriorly ; the green 

 band of the upper lip and the blue of the lower pass behind the 

 angle of the mouth into a green band running to the lower angle of 

 the orbit ; two short green streaks behind the orbit. Dorsal fin red, 

 Avith a blue margin, and with a green band along the middle ; anal 

 similarly coloured ; caudal rosy, with the upper and lower margins 

 blue, and with three or four slightly curved blue cross-bands. {Bl.) 



Batavia. 



35. Pseudoscarus schlegelii. 



Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. p. 48. tab. 12. fig. 2. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower praeopercular limb 

 being entirely naked ; the lower series is composed of five scales. 

 Upper lip broad ; jaws whitish, the lower with pointed teeth at the 

 angle. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; fourteen pectoral rays. 

 Body yellowish superiorly and on the middle, brownish inferiorly and 

 posteriorly ; a brown band across the yellowish portion in the middle 

 of the body ; a blue spot .superiorly in the axil of the pectoral. A 

 greenish band runs from the orbit round the upper lip ; two short 

 streaks behind the eye. A green band or series of spots along the 

 middle of the dorsal fin. {BJ.) 



Celebes. 



36. Pseudoscarus pentazona. 



? Callyodon mutabilis, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gy(ty, p. 86. 

 Pseudoscai'us pentazona, Blvek. Atl. Ichth. p. 46. tab. 11. fig. 1. 



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

 of six scales and partly covers the praeopercular limb. Upper lip broad ; 

 jaws whitish, without pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal spines equal 

 in length ; fourteen pectoral rays. Greenish, with five brownish cross- 

 bands ; fins rosy, edged with blue ; dorsal with a green band or series 



