234 LABRID^. 



oblong spots between the eye and the scapula. Fins black, the ver- 

 tical fins with a yellow edge. 

 Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Sixteen inches long : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, 



Esq. 



c. Half-grown. 



d. Adult : skeleton. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



Vertebrce 11/14. 



44. Pseudoscarus janthochir. 



? Scarus prasiognathus, Cuv. 8f Vol. xiv. p. 272. 



Scarus janthochir, Bleek. Ternate, p. 139, and Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Ne- 



derl. vi. Celebes, xiii. p. f)4. 

 Pseudoscarus janthochir, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 30. tab. 5. 



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

 opercular limb ; the middle series composed of seven scales. Upper 

 lip broad ; jaws green, with two small pointed teeth at the angle of 

 the upper jaw ; teeth small. Anterior dorsal spines shortest ; fifteen 

 pectoral rays ; caudal crescent-shaped. Greenish, with round gTeen 

 (in spirits, whitish) spots ; a red streak from the maxillary to the 

 eye, and a green one from the snout to the eye. Dorsal blue-edged, 

 wdth green spots on the spinous portion and with violet on the soft. 

 Anal red, edged with blue ; caudal green, with a red longitudinal 

 band near the upper margin. 



Java, Celebes, Ternate. (?New Ireland.) 



a. Adult. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



45. Pseudoscarus cyanognathus. 



Scarus cyanognathus, Bleek. Verhand. Bafav. Genootsch. xxii. Lahr. 



Cycl. p. 62. 

 Pseudosearus cyanognathus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 32. tab. 11. tig. 2. 



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

 prseopercidar limb and is composed of five scales. Ui^per lip broad ; 

 jaws blue, the upper with small pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal 

 spines subequal in length ; caudal with the lobes produced ; fourteen 

 pectoral rays. Head much longer than high. Greenish : lips red ; 

 a blue band from below the eye round the upper lip ; dorsal and 

 anal red, edged with blue ; caudal with a broad red crescent, its 

 upper and lower rays being blue. 



Java. 

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



46. Pseudoscarus octodon. 

 Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. p. 3;1 tab. 13. fig. 2. 

 Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower series composed of six 

 scales and covering a part of the lower prai'opercular limb. Upper 



