23() LABRID^:. 



and two bands behind the eye. Vertical fins red; anal and dorsal with 

 blue bands or series of spots along the middle, and with blue base ; 

 caudal edged with blue superiorly and inferiorly, and with a crescent- 

 shaped green band on its posterior margin ; blue spots on its base. (Bl.) 

 Java. 



50. Pseudoscarus microcMlus. 



Scams capistratus, Bkek. Butav. p. 497; (not K. Sfv. H.). 

 Pseudoscarus microcheilos, Bkek. Atl. Ichth. p. 24. tab. 4. fig. 2. 



Three series of scales on the cheek, the lower limb of the prae- 

 operculum being entirely naked. Lips very narrow, covering only 

 the base of the jaws ; jaws blue, without pointed teeth at the angle. 

 Caudal with the lobes slightly produced ; sixteen pectoral rays. 

 Brownish-green : head immaculate, lips red ; dorsal and anal fins red, 

 edged with blue, aad with a round green spot between the single 

 rays and spines ; caudal redfiish, edged -with blue superiorly and in- 

 feriorly, and with a green crescent and violet edge posteriorly. {Bl.) 



Java. 



b. Scales on the cheek in three series, the scales of the lower covering 

 the prseopercular limb. 



51. Pseudoscarus niger. 



Scarus niger, Rilpp. N. W. Fische, p. 24. taf. 8. fig. 1 ; Cuv. t^- Val. xiv. 

 p. 232. 



Th*«e series of scales on the cheek, the lower of which covers the 

 prseopercular limb. Upper lip narrow ; jaws greenish, with pointed 

 teeth at the angle. Caudal with the lobes produced ; fourteen pec- 

 toral rays. Head, body, and caudal fin black ; lips, and some streaks 

 before, behind and between the orbits reddish ; dorsal and anal fins 

 reddish ; vertical fins edged with blue. (liiipp.) 



Djetta (month of August). 



52. Pseudoscarus xanthtfpleura. 



Scams xanthoplenra, Bkek. Batav. p. 499. 



Pseudoscarus xanthopleura, Bkek. Atl. Ichth. p. 24. tab. 7. fig. 1. 



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

 prseopercular limb and is composed of two scales. Li^w very narrow, 

 covering only the base of the jaws ; jaws blue, the upper with pointed 

 teeth at the angle. Caudal with the tobes much produced ; fifteen 

 pectoral rays. Upper parts of the head and body green ; sides rosy, 

 the lower part of the sides yellow ; scales with reddish margins ; 

 snout with irregular red streaks. Dorsal red, with broad blue mar- 

 gin and with oblong blue spots at the base between the spines and 

 rays ; anal blue, with a rosy longitudinal band ; caudal green, edged 

 with yellow posteriorly and with rosy laterally, and with the lobes 

 blue. {Bl.) 



Java. 



