2:^(5 labriti.t:. 



givon, with a broad yellow longitudinal band near its u])per margin ; 

 anal with a similar band, commencing at the base of the front spine, 

 and terminating near the tip of the last ray ; candal green, with the 

 upper and lower margins yellow. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



ft. Fine specimen. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 /). Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

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

 <l-e. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 

 /". Adult : skeleton. Cuba. From Mr. Gerrard's Collection. 



Vcrtfhrce 12/13. In this species the dentary bone of the mandi- 

 Inila is still more separate from the articiilary than in Scarus anro- 

 fnnatus, the joint between both bones being very narrow. A good 

 figure of this peculiar structure of the mandible is given in Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. pi. 404. 



19. Pseudoscarus taeniopterus. 



Scarus ta>niopterus, {Dc.sni.) C'uv. ^- Val. xiv. p. 105. 

 ? Scarus diadema, Cuv. l<f Val. xiv. p. 198. 



Three scries of scales on the cheek, the lowest of which covers the 

 limb of the praDoperculnm ; the middle composed of five scales. 

 Caudal truncated. Teeth small. Olive (in a preserved state) : a 

 yellow bnnd descends from the upper posterior angle of the orbit 

 towards the middle of the side, and is lost at the end of the trunk ; 

 there is a dark band immediately below, which takes its origin from 

 the hind margin of the orbit, is edged with gi'cen on the head, descends 

 to above the root of the i)cctoral, and is lost at the end of the trunk ; 

 the ] tarts below the dark l)and are yellow. There are two green 

 ?.)-caks on eacli side of the snout, and one round the lips. A narrow 

 band along tlie edge and base of the dorsal and anal is green, all the 

 I emainder of those fins being yellowish, with green spots. The upper 

 and lower margins of the caudal green. 



(!aribbcau Sea. 



a. Half-grown. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq. 

 h. Half-grown. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 

 c-e. Adult and half-grown : stuffed and skins. West Indies, Pur- 

 chased of ]\Ir. Scrivener. 



20. Pseudoscarus sanctse crucis. 



Scarus croiccnsis, Bl. taf. 221. 



insidaj sancta; Crucis, IH. Schi. n. 285. 



alt(>rnaus, ditr. <y Val. xiv. p. 200. 



Three scries of scales on the cheek, the middle composed of five 

 scales, the lower of three and covering the limb of the itrtcopercidum. 

 f'nudal subtrimcated. Teeth small. Silvery, with three red (l)rown- 



