o6 SQl'AWlPrNNES. 



I'oniacanthus quiuquecinctus, Ciiv. S,- Vul. vii. p. 210; Casteln. I. c. 

 arcuatus, Cuv. ii,- Vat. vii. p. 211 ; Casfeln. I. c. 



J). ^-^. A. -. Ctee. pylor. 15. Vert. 10/14. 



30 24 ^■' 



Scales rather irregularly arranged ; praeopercular spine rather 

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

 produced. Immatiu-e specimens with some yellowish vertical bands ; 

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

 gularly spotted with black. 



A. Adult s])eciinens. — Ground-colour dark ; body with many small 

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

 j)aru, Bloch ; PomacantJius paru, Cuv. 



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



c. Stuffed. West Indies. 



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



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

 brown or black spots : Clicetodon aureus, Bloch ; Pomacanthui aureus, 

 Vnv. 



e. Eiglitecn inches long : stuflcd. West Indies. 

 /. StTiffed. America. 



<j. Skin. Jamaica. From Dr. ParncH's Collection. 



B. Half-grown specimens. — Ground-coloui' dark ; body with many 

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

 indistinct lighter vertical bands : Pomacanthus cingulatus, Cuv. 



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

 Jc. Skeleton : not in a good state. 



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

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

 lighter vertical bands : Pornacanilms balteatus, Cuv. 



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



C. I'vunij specimens IV ith the scales fully developed, sometimes with 

 smaller scales between the larger ones; body with five distinct 

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

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

 g uinquecinctus, Cuv . 



m. Stuffed. Bahia. 



n. Pucito Cabollo. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



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



j)-r Stuffed. West Indies. 



s. Fine specimen. 



t. DiscoloiD'od.' 



».t. Stuffed. America. 



V, Bad state. America. 



