42. PSEUDOSCARUS. 229 



27. Pseudoscams dubins. 

 Scarus dubiiis, Benn. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 37. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and two scales on the lower 

 praeopercular limb ; the middle series composed of five scales. Upper 

 lip broad, double in its entire circuit ; jaws whitish, with9ut pointed 

 teeth at the angle. Anterior dorsal spine shortest ; fourteen pectoral 

 rays. Uniform brownish-olive ; vertical fins darker ; caudal white on 

 its posterior edge. 



Sandwich Islands, 

 «. Five inches long. Sandwich Islands. — Type of the species. 

 h. Young. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the * Herald.' 



28. Fsendoscams aeniginosus. 



? Scarus seruginosus, Cuv. 8f Vol. xiv, p. 257. 

 Scarus lacerta, Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 217. 



seruginosus, Bleek, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. Cycl, 



p. 58. 

 Pseudoscarus seruginosus, Bleek, AU. Ichth. p. 40. tab. 17. fig. 2. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and two scales on the lower prae- 

 opercular limb; the middle series composed of five or six scales. Upper 

 lip broad, double in its entire circuit ; jaws brownish, with or without 

 small, pointed teeth at the angle of the upper jaw. Anterior dorsal 

 spine shortest; fourteen pectoral 'rays. Uniform greenish-brown, 

 with three silvery bands along the lower side of the beUy ; caudal 

 without white margin. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Four and a half inches long. 



6. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



29. Fseudoscarns tricolor. 



Scarus tricolor, ^/eeA;. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. Cycl. p. 59. 

 Pseudoscarus tricolor, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 39. tab. 17. fig. 1. 



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

 praeopercular limb and is coraposed of six scales. Upper lip very 

 broad ; jaws rosy, without pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal spines 

 subequal in length ; caudal emarginate ; fourteen pectoral rays. 

 Upper parts violet, sides blue, lower parts rosy; tail, caudal, and 

 posterior part of the dorsal red ; only the dorsal has a blue margin. 

 Nearly uniform brown (in spirits). 



Java, Celebes, Amboyna. 



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



30. Pseudoscarus rubro-violaceus. 



Scarus rubro-violaceus, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. 



Cycl. p. 52. 

 Pseudoscarus rubro-violaceus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 37. tab. 13. fig. 3. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and one or two scales on the 



