66 SftrAMiriNNER. 



FViuaeanthus qiiiiiquecinctus, Vuv. c*j- Val. vii. p. 210; Casteln. I. c. 

 arcuatus, 0>n: ^- Val. vii. p. 211; Casteln. I. c. 



D. ?ii«. A. ^. Cffic. pylor. 15. Vert. 10/14. 



Scales rather irregularly arranged ; praeopercular spine rather 

 short and flat. The anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal much 

 produced. Immature specimens with some yellowish vertical bands ; 

 adult ones with small white crescent-shaped spots, sometimes irre- 

 gulai'ly spotted with black. 



A. Adult specimens. — Ground-colour dark ; body with many small 

 white or yellow crescents ; base of the pectoral yellow : Chcetodon 

 paru, Bloch ; Pomacanfhus pant, Cuv. 



a, h. Twenty-one inches long : stuffed. West Indies. 

 f. Stuffed. West Indies. 



d. Skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



Variety. — Ground-colour yellowish; body with many irregular 

 brown or black spots : Chcftodon aureus, Bloch ; Pomacanthus aureus, 

 Cuv. 



e. Eighteen inches long : stuffed. West Indies. 

 /. Stuffed. America. 



(/. Skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



B. Half-grown specimens. — Ground-coloiu" dark ; body with many 

 small white or yellow crescents, and with one, two or three rather 

 indistinct lighter vertical bands : Pomacanthus cingulatus, Cuv. 



li, i. Skins. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 k. Skeleton : not in a good state. 



Variety. — Ground-colour brownish - yellow ; body with many 

 lirown spots, and with one, two or three more or less indistinct 

 lighter vertical bands : Pomacanthus halteatus, Cuv. 



if. Skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



C. Young specimens with the scales fully developed, sometimes with 

 smaller scales between the larger oues; body with five distinct 

 yellow cross-bands, and sometimes with white crescents or brown 

 spots ; caudal yellow, with a large brown crescent : Pomacanthus 

 cjuinquecinctus, Cuv. 



III. Stuffed. Baliia. 



n. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



u. Skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



;)-;-. Stuffed. West Indies. 



s. Fine specimen. 



/. Discoloured. 



u. Stuffed. America. 



V. Bad state. America. 



