42. PSEUDOSCARUS. 227 



ish in spirits) longitudinal bands : the upper from the nape of the 

 neck to the end of the dorsal ; the second through the eye, crossing 

 the space between the two portions of the lateral line ; the third from 

 the base of the pectoral to the lower half of the caudal fin. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



o-7t. Adult (8 inches long) and half -grown: skins. Jamaica. From 



Dr. Pamell's Collection. 

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

 k. Half-grown. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



• * Snout without longitudinal streaks. 



21. Pseudoscarus cMoris. 



Farra, lam. 2«. fig. 3. 



Scarus chloris, £1. Schn. p. 289. 



? Scarus virens, Cm: ^- Val. xiv. p. 203. 



Scarus quadrispinosus, Cuv. 8f Val, xiv. p. 197. 



? Scarus obtusus, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 217. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and t\,o scales on the lower 

 limb of the prseoperculum ; the second series is composed of four 

 scales. Caudal rounded, with the lobes produced ; fifteen pectoral 

 rays. Teeth very small. Nearly uniform green ; vertical fins edged 

 with dark green ; nape or opercles sometimes reddish. Sometimes 

 uniform brownish {Scarus qnndnspinosus) 



Caribbean Sea. 



a-c. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. 



Brown variety (Scarus quadrisjpinosus) : 

 d. Half-grown : skin. Jamaica. 



22. Pseudoscarus caeruleus. 



Parra, lam. 27. figs. 1, 2. 



Novacula caerulea, Catcshj, Carol, pi. 18. 



Coryphaena ca^rulea, Bl. taf. 176 (very bad) ; Bl. Schn. p. 295 ; Lac^p. 



iii. p. 175. 

 Scarus loro, Bl. Schn. p. 288. 



cajruleus, Bl. Schn. p. 288; Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 186. pi. 401. 



trilobatus, Lacrp. iv. p. 21. 



? Sparus holocyanosus, Laccp. iv. p. 45. 



A rounded prominent hump above the snout. Jaws whitish. 

 Caudal with the lobes produced. Uniform blue. 



Caribbean Sea. 



This is very probably the olrl state of one of the other species, 

 perhaps of Ps. chloris. 



23. Pseudoscarus aracanga. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and two scales on the lower pra>- 

 opercular limb ; the middle series is composed of six scales. Lips 



