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ther, those of the lower jaw disposed in very oblitjue series; the 

 dentigerous plate of the lower pharyngeal broader than long. D. ^. 

 A. — . L. lat. ca 24. Scales of the back covering the base of the fin. 

 Indian Seas ; tropical parts of the Pacific. 



1. Scarichthys auritus. 



Scarus auritus, (Kuhl 4'- 1"«« ILiss.) Cur. ^- Val. xiv. p. 218. 



vaigiensis, pt., Quoij c^ Guim. Voy. Frei/c. Zool. p. 288 ; Cuv. i^ Val. 



xiv. p. 214. 



nievius, Cuv. ^- J''aL xiv. p. 25.3 ; lUeek. Celebes, iii. p. 709. 



Calljodou chlorolepis, Richards. Vuy. SuJph. Icldhyul. p. 137. pi. 04. 



figs. 4-7. 

 Scarichthys auritus, Bleck. At/. Ichth. p. 15. tab. 1. fig. 3. 



Greenish, irregularly spotted wdth brown ; check with two yeUow 

 cross-bands. Dorsal fin with a series of large brown spots ; pectoral 

 blackish at the base. 



From the Seychelles to the New Hebrides. 



a. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



b, c. Half-grown and young. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown. Hongkong. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. — 



Type of CaJli/odon chlorolepis . 



e. Twelve inches long : stuffed. Aneiteum, From Mr. Macgillivray's 



Collection. 



2. Scarichthys caeruleopunctatns. 



Scarus coeruleopunctatus, Riippell, N. W. Fisclic, p. 24. taf. 7. fig. 3 : 

 Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 202 ; Bleek. lianda, iii. p. 1 10. 



bottse, Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 202. 



Scarichthys coeruleopuuctatus, Blvek. Atl. Ichth. p. 10. tab. 1. fig. 2. 



Brownish -olive : head and body mth numerous blue ocelli, edged 

 with darker, one or more on each scale ; fins yellowish or rosy, with 

 small dots on the rays. 



Red Sea. East Indian Archipelago. 



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



40. CALLYODON*. 



Callyodon, (Gronov.) Cuv. ^- Val. xiv. p. '285. 



A single series of scales on the cheek ; dorsal spines flexible ; an- 

 terior teeth imbricate, more or less distinct ; the dentigerous plate of 

 the lower pharyngeal broader than long. D ^. A.|-. L. lat. ca 24. 



Seas between the tropics. 



* 1 . Callyodon sandwicen8i8, Cuv. S( Val. xiv. p. 295.— Sandmcli Islands. 



2. Pnrra, lam. 28. fig. 4.— Scarus flavescens, Bl. Schn. p. 290. — Callyodon 



flavescens, Cuv. S( Val. xiv. p. 289. — West Indies. 



3. Scarus dentiens, iVy, Meju. Cub. ii. 1861, p. 422.— Cuba. 



