220 lABEiDJi:. 



and anterior portion of the trunk with numei'ous, small, round red 

 spots. A red, green-edged band from the lower lip h the base of 

 the pectoral ; fins edged with green ; dorsal spines green inferiorly 

 and red sui)eriorly ; caudal red, with a broad green crescent on its 

 hind margin. 



Red Sea, Mauritius, Java, Celebes. 



a. Three feet long : stuffed. Mauritius. 



? b. Bad state. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



5. Pseudoscarus harid. 



Scarus haiid, Forsk. p. 30 ; Hiipp. Atl. Fische, p. 80. taf. 21. fig. 1. 



vuppelii, Ciw. l^- Val. xiv. p. 259. 



mastax, liiippell, Atl. Fische, p. 80. taf. 21. fig. 2, and N. W. Fische, 



p. 28 ; Ciiv. 4- Vid. xiv. p. 24G ; Bleek. in Natniirk. Tydschr. Nedei-l. 



Ind. 1854, p. 199. 

 ? Scarus longiceps, Cuv. tf Val. xiv. p. 241. 

 Pseudoscarus niastax, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 35. tab. 10. fig. 1. 



Snout produced. Throe series of scales on the cheek, the lower 

 preeopercular limb being naked. Upper lip entirely covering the 

 jaw, double in its entire circuit ; jaws whitish, with pointed teeth 

 at the angle. Anterior dorsal spines shortest; caudal lobes much 

 prodviced ; fifteen pectoral rays. Greenish : two short red streaks 

 before and behind the eye ; upper lip red, with a blue cross-band ; a 

 red band from the upper lip to the prteoperculum and thorax. Ver- 

 tical fins blue-edged ; dorsal and anal with a series of green spots, 

 which are sometimes confluent into a band. 



There appear to be two varieties : — 



a. Three series of blue spots on the side above the vent; cauda) 

 edged with greenish posteriorly, without cross-bands. — Red Sea. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Djetta. From Dr. E, Riippell's Collection. 

 /3. Caudal with two green cross-bands. — Java, Kokos. 



b. Large specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 Vertebrce 11/13, 



c. Scales on the cheek in tliree series, the scales of the lower series covering 



the prajopercular limb. 



* Snout with gay-coloured streaks running from the mouth to the eye. 



6. Pseudoscarus viridis. 



Scarus viridis, Bl. taf. 222 (good) ; Bl. Schn. p. 286. 



frenatus, Lac^p. iv. p. 13. pi. 1. fig. 2; Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 227; 



Bleek. Celebes, iii. p. 770. 



blochii, Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 219. 



Pseudoscarus frenatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 40. tab. 16. fig. 2. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, and a single scale on the lower 

 prffiopercular limb, near the angle; the middle series composed of 



