42. I'SETJDOSCARUS 21 fl 



anal with a similar broad band ; upper and lower margins of the 

 caudal red. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schombui'gk. 

 b-d. Adult: stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



2. Pseudoscarus acutus. 



Scarus acutus, Poey, Mem, Cub. ii. p. 21G. 



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

 praeopcrcuhir limb ; the third composed of seven scales. Lips broad ; 

 jaws white, the upper with pointed ^jcth at the angle ; teeth small. 

 Posterior margin of the caudal Uidulated ; fourteen pectoral rays. 

 Olive, without gay-coloured streaks or margins of the fins ; a very 

 broad whitish band from b(*hind the pectoral to the caudal. 



Cuba. 



a. Adult: stulfed. ('aribbean Sea. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



?). Pseudoscarus bicolor. 



Callyodon, sp., Grnitoi). ZoopJujl. no. 24-'). 

 Scams Ijicolov, Riipj). At/. Fisch(^, p. 82. taf. 21. fig. 3. 

 Callyodon scriptus, Gronov. Si/st. eel. Gray, p. 85. 

 Pseudoscarus bicolor, Bleek. Atl. IclUh. p. 33. tab. 14. 



Three series of scales on the cheek, and two scales on the lower 

 praeopercular limb ; the two middle series composed of six or five 

 scales. Upper lip broad, double in its entire circuit; jaws rosy, 

 rough, Avithout ])ointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal spines subequal 

 in length ; fourteen pectoral rays. Back rose-coloured ; sides and 

 lower parts dark-violet, uniform or variegated with rosy, and spotted 

 with black. 



Red Sea. Celebes. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. From Dr. Riippell's Collection. 

 6. Adult: skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



h. Scales on the cheek in three series, the lower pneopcrcular limb being 

 entirely naked. 



4. Pseudoscarus pulchellus. 



Scarus pulcliellus, Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 20. taf. 8. iig. 3, and Vcrz. 



Fische Scnckeub. Mus. p. 21; Cuv. 8,- VaL xiv. p. 20(5; Blcck. Java, 



ii. p. 440. 

 Pseudoscarus pulcliellus, Blcck. Atl. Ichth. p. 34. tab. 10. fig. 3. 



Three series of scales on the cheek, the lower praeopercular limb 

 being entirely naked ; the middle series is composed of six scales, 

 the lower of two or more. Upper lip broad. Jaws white, leoth 

 rather smnll. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; caudal truncated, 

 with tlie lobes more or le.ss produced in adult specimens; fourteen 

 pectoral rays. Green, each scale v\\i\\ a red vertical streak; head 



