42. PSKUDOSPARUS. -J-JA 



1 1 . Pseudoscarus pyrrhostethus. 



Scams psittacus, Fur.sk. p. 29 ; S/taiv, Zoo/, iv. p. .'5'J7 ; Rlipp. Atl. 



Fischc, p. 77. taf. 20. fig. 1; Cuv. df Vul. xiv. p. 220 ; Cant. Cutal. 



p. 239: (not ('ori/p/iaixi jisifldoiK, L.). 

 Scarus p^rrliostetlius, Richards. Ichtli. Chin. p. 202. 

 • harid, Cur. ^- Vol xiv. p. 247 (part.) pi. 404; Cm. Jih/ne Anim. 



III. I'oiss. pi. 91. fi<;. 1; lilirk. TcrJunnl. liatar. (icnootsch. xxii. Lithr. 



Cycl. p. 48 (not Forsl;.). 



haridoides, i>lccl-. Eniimcr. p. 104. 



Pseudoscarus pyrrhost ;tluis, Block. Atl. Ichth. p. 42. tab. 9., fig. 1. 



Two seiies of .scales on the check and two .scales on tho lower prac- 

 opereular limb ; the middle series composed of five scales. Upper lip 

 broad ; jaws whitish ; teeth small. Doi'sal spines subcqual in length ; 

 caudal truncated, with the lobes produced in old age ; fifteen ])ectoral 

 rays. Head reddish, scales of tlie body blue with red margins ; lips 

 with a blue cross-band ; a curved blue streak from the angle of the 

 mouth to below the eye , vertical fins red, with blue base and mai-g'ins, 

 without band along the middle ; caudal sometimes spotted \nth blue. 



East Indian Seas, lied Sea. 



a. Adult: stuffed. China. Presented by J. K. IJeeves. Esq. — Type 



of the species. 



b. Adult: skin. Pinang. — Type of /SW//'».s^w///ar«.s% Cant. 

 c-d. Adult : skins. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 

 e-f. Adult and half-grown. From the Hasiar Collection. 



We consider Ps. cantor! , Block., as a variety of this species, whicli 

 has round blue spots not only on the caudal, but also on the dorsal 

 fin. Its synonymy is — - 



Scai'us pepo, Bom. Fish. Ceyl. pi. 28. 



psittacus, jR/<tA;. Bat(iv.\i. 495 (not Cant.). 



Pseudoscarus cantori, Bleck. Vcrsl. en Mcdcd. Akad. Wctensch Nat. 

 Amstrrd. xii. 1801, Scar. pp. 12, 13, smdAtl. Ichth. p. 43. tab. 9. fig. 2. 



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



12. Pseudoscarus maculosus. 



Sonncrat, in Mazier, Jown. Phijs. 1774, iii. p. 227. tab. 2. 



Scarus maculosus, Lacep. iv. pp. 6, 21. pi. 1. fig. 3 ; Car. 6f Val. xiv. 



p. 235. 

 guttatus, Bl. Schn. p. 294. 



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

 praeopercular limb ; the middle series composed of five scales. Upi)cr 

 lip broad ; jaws whitish, without pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal 

 spines subequal in length ; fifteen pectoral rays ; caudal somewhat 

 convex, with the angles produced. Yellowish, head and body with 

 irregular blue spots ; vertical fins edged with blue and with blue 

 spots along their base. 



Mauritius, Mozambique. 



a-h. H alf- grown : not good state. From the Ha.slan- Collection. 



c. Young. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Collection. 



