42. rsEUDoscAuus. " 233 



41. Pseudoscarus(?)ocellatus. 

 Scams ocellatus, Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 278. 



Olive : head and tail yellow ; a narrow black line crosses the snout 

 before the eye ; an oblique black band descends from the neck across 

 the operculum to the thorax ; three series of black points behind the 

 pectoral. The spinous dorsal has a black margin and a large ovate 

 black spot ; caudal with two large red spots on each lobe ; anal uni- 

 form yellow. {Vul.) 



Caroline Islands. 



KnoAvn from a drawing only. 



B. Jaws gi'een or blue ; upper lip broad, covering at least one-half of the 



upper jaw. 



42. Pseudoscarus ^acamaia. 



Guacaniaia, Parra, lam. 20. 



S<'arus guacaniaia, Cuv. ^- Vul. xiv. p. 178 ; Poey, Mein. Cub. ii. 1861, 

 p. 421. 



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

 limb of the pnvuperculum ; caudal rounded, with the lobes much 

 produced in adult specimens. The u])per lip covers at least one-half 

 of the jaw. Teeth small. Brownish (in a preserved state), with 

 the jaws and the naked parts of the head green. Fins dark-coloured ; 

 margins of the dorsal, anal and ventral fins green. 



Athintic coasts of tri )ical America. 



a. Twenty inches long skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Col- 

 lection. 

 h. Half-grown : stuffed. "West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener, 



c. Half-grown : not good state. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Mr. 



Brandt, 



d, e. Adult and lialf-grown. Bahia. From Dr. O. Wucherer's Col- 



lection. 



Poey considers the fish described by Valenciennes as different from 

 Parra's species, and calls the former Scarus pJeianas (1. c. p. 393). 



43. Pseudoscarus nuchipunctatus. 



Scarus nuchipunctatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 224; Bleek. Verhand.Batuv. 



Gejwotsch. xxii. Labr. p. 02. 

 limbatus, Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 271 ; Bleek. I. c. p. 00; Richards. 



Ichthyol. Chin. p. 202. 

 Pseudoscarus nuchipunctatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 31. tab. 10. fig. 2. 



Cheek with three series of scales, the lower of which covers the 

 Hmb of the praeoperculum. Upper lip broad, with the inner portion 

 well developed ; jaws green, the upper with a recurved conical 

 tooth at the angle ; teeth small. Anterior dorsal spine shortest ; 

 fourteen pectoral rays ; caudal rounded, -wnth the lobes very slightly 

 produced. Uniform brown ; lips with a green cross-band ; some 



