2]0 LABRIDiE. 



Spavus aureo-ruber, Lacip. iv. pp. 56, 1C3, iii. pi. 33. fig. 3. 

 Scarus abildgaardii, Cuv. ^ Vol. xiv. p. 17'). 



The snout is at least twice as long as the diameter of the eye. 

 oaudal fin truncated in immature specimens, and forked in adult 

 ones. Greyish- or brownish-olive (in a preserved state), each scale 

 with narrow, very dark margins ; membrane of the gill-opening 

 black ; axil without dark spot. Some scales with a whitish spot in 

 the middle. 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



a. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 

 h. Half-grown. Puerto Cabcllo. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 

 c-o. Adult, half-grown, and young: stuffed and skins. Caribbean 

 Sea. 



4. Scams catesbyi. 



Psittacus piscis, Cafesb. Carol, ii. tab. 29. 



Scarus cate.sb;ci, Laccp. iv. p. 10 ; Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 183. 



Callyodoii psittacus, Gronov. Si/st. cd. Oruy, p. 84. 



C-'audal fin crescent-shaped, with the lobes much produced. Green, 

 with a large white blotch at the root of the caudal ; a brownish band 

 proceeds from the angle of the mouth towards the opercular lobe, 

 which has a yellow spot edged below with black ; gill-membrane red ; 

 axil without black ; pectoral dark green on its posterior half, a broad 

 margin being tran.sparcnt ; anal green at the base and margin, 

 brownish along the middle ; caudal with a narrow red crescent, which 

 is separated by a green band from the transparent posterior margin ; 

 upper and lower mai-gins green. 



West Indies. 



rt-c. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of 



^Ir. Scrivener. 

 f/. Adult. South America (? Barbadoes). Presented by Sir R. 



Schomburgk . 

 e. Adult: .slrin. From Gronow's Collection. 



5. Scarus frondosus. 



?? Scaius frondosus. Cm: ^- Val. xiv. p. 204. 



Caudal truncated. Olive (in spirits), with three indistinct light 

 longitudinal bands : the upper along the lateral line to a white spot 

 on the back of the tail, immediately behind the dorsal; the middle 

 is straight and runs from the operculum, above the axil, to the middle 

 of the root of the caudal ; the lower along the side of the boUy ; base 

 of the pectoral rather dark ; fins punctulated with white, except the 

 spinous dorsal, which is marbled with brownish. (Cfr. 8c. ruhripinnis.) 



Atlantic coasts of troincal America. 

 a. Seven inches long. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 /). Seven inches long: skin. Jamaica. From Dr. ParnelPs CoUcction. 

 c. Head. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq. 



