42. PSEUDOSCARtJS. 231 



of the lower lip, a hammer-like mark on the throat, and a small spot 

 on the interoperculum blue. Dorsal and anal fins red, with the base 

 and the margin blue ; a series of round green spots along the middle 

 of the fin. Caudal blue, with red markings, one of which is trans- 

 verse, the two others obHque. 

 Red Sea, 



d. Adult: stuffed. Red Sea. From Dr. E. Ruppell's Collection. 



34. Pseudoscarus bataviensis. 



Scarus bataviensis, Bleek. Java, iv. p. 342. 



Pseudoscarus bataviensis, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 48. tab. 12. fig. 3. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower praeopercular limb 

 being entirely naked ; the lower series is composed of six scales. 

 Upper lip broad ; jaws rosy, the upper with one or two conical teeth 

 at the angle, none at the lower. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; 

 fourteen pectoral rays ; caudal rounded, with the angles produced. 

 Green : Hps red, blue anteriorly and green posteriorly ; the green 

 band of the upper lip and the blue of the lower pass behind the 

 angle of the mouth into a gr^en band running to the lower angle of 

 the orbit ; two short greeir streaks behind the orbit. Dorsal fin red, 

 with a^blue margin, and with a green band along the middle ; anal 

 similarly coloured ; caudal rosy, with the upper and lower margins 

 blue, and with three or four slightly cm-ved blue cross-bands. {Bl.) 



Batavia. 



35. Pseudoscarus schlegelii. 



Bleekcr, Atl. Ichth. p. 48. tab. 12. fig. 2. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower praeopercular limb 

 being entirely naked ; the lower series is composed of five scales. 

 Upper lip broad ; jaws whitish, the lower with pointed teeth at the 

 angle. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; fourteen pectoral rays. 

 Body yellowish superiorly and on the middle, brownish inferiorly and 

 posteriorly ; a brown' band across the yellowish portion in the middle 

 of the body ; a blue spot superiorly in the axil of the pectoral. A 

 greenish band runs from the orbit round the upper lip ; two short 

 streaks behind the eye. A green band or series of spots along the 

 middle of the dorsal fin. {Bl.) 



Celebes. 



36. Pseudoscarus pentazona. 



? Callyodon mutabilis, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 80. 

 Pseudoscarus pentazona, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 40. tab. 11. fig. 1. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower of which is composed 

 of six scales and partly covers the pra^o])crcular limb. Upper lip broad ; 

 jaws whitish, without pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal spines equal 

 "in length ; fourteen pectoral rays. Greenish, Avith five brownish cross- 

 bauds ; fins rvJsy, edged with blue ; dorsal with a green band or scries 



