238 LABRTD^. 



produced ; neck elevated. Head violet above, yellomsh below, both 

 colours separated by a line running from below the eye to the angle 

 of the operculum ; lips yellow, with a violet line in the middle ; a 

 streak from the chin towards the eye. Anterior two-thirds of the 

 sides violet ; back along the dorsal, base of the anal, tail and caudal 

 fin yellow ; anal and dorsal violet, with the margin and base yellow. 

 Pectoral with a large violet blotch towards its extremity. ( Val.) 

 Djetta. 



1). Jaws whitish or rosy ; upper lip narrow, covering only one-half, or 

 less, of the upper jaw. 



57. Pseudoscarus muricatus. 



Scarus muricatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 208. pi. 402; Bkek. Verhand. 



Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. p. 46. 

 Pseudoscarus muricatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 26. tab. 7. fig. 3. 



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

 prseopercular limb and is composed of four scales. Upper lip very 

 short, covering only the base of the jaw, with the inner portion rudi- 

 mentary ; jaws rosJ^ with their surface rough or tubercular. An- 

 terior dorsal spines shortest ; sixteen pectoral rays ; caudal rounded, 

 \sdth the lobes produced. Uniform bluish-grey. 



Java. 



58. Pseudoscarus caudofasciatus. 



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

 of three scales and covers the prseopercular limb ; the middle com- 

 posed of six scales. Upper lip narrow, covering one-third of the jaw ; 

 jaws large, dirty- white, smooth, without pointed teeth at the angle; 

 teeth smaU. Anteiior dorsal spines shortest ; caudal truncated, with 

 the lobes produced ; fifteen pectoral rays. Lateral line interrupted, 

 with the tubes scarcely branched. Head and trunk imiform brown ; 

 tail and vertical fins orange-coloured ; tail with three brown cross- 

 bands : the first between the origins of the soft dorsal and anal, the 

 second between their ends ; the third, rather indistinct, across the 

 free portion of the tail. Base of the pectoral brown. 



Mauritius. 



a. Fifteen inches long : stuffed. From Dr. Janvier's Collection. 



59. Pseudoscarus rhoduropterus. 



Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. p. 27. tab. 4. fig. 1. 



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

 scales and covering partly the pra^opercular limb. Lips very narrow; 

 jaws rosy, smooth, the upper with pointed teeth at the angle. Fifteen 

 pectoral rays. Body dark rose-coloured, with four violet cross- 

 bands : the first behind the base of the pectoral, the second to the 

 vent, the third to the middle of the anal, the fourth immediately 

 behind the dorsal and anal fins. {Bl.) 



Celebes. 



