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placed longitudinally upon each side of the upper jaw. Scales feebly striated; the trunks of 

 the venations of the lateral line nearly undivided. 



D. ( : ). P. (?). V. (>.). A- (.')• C (.»)• Length, 13 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Cacabari," at St. Thomas. 



Le Scare 4 quatre pointe , Scarus quadrispinoaus, Cuv. et Val, xiv. p. 197. 



10. Scarus vetula, Bloch. 



Back olive-green ; a wide yellow band arises at the shoulder, and extends upon the side 

 to the middle of the body ; belly greenish ; a bright green surrounds the lips, forming two 

 bands, which pass from the snout towards the eye, and are continued upon the temple, and 

 also upon the trunk above the yellow band. The dorsal has a longitudinal yellow band be- 

 tween two bands of a bright green. Caudal bright green, with a yellow band above and 

 below. Pectorals and ventrals yellow. Scales smooth to the touch ; under the glass they 

 appear finely striated and granulated. The arbuscules of the lateral line aro divided into two 

 or three small, short tufts. 



D. (?). P. (?)• y. (?)• A. (?). C. (?). Length, 9 or 10 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Parra. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Vieja, Parra, p. 53, pi. 23, fig. 1. 

 Scarus vetula, Bloch, p. 289, No. 1. 

 Le Scare a raies vertes, Scarus vetula, Bl., Cuv. et Val., xiv. p. l: 3. 



11. Scarus punctulatus, Cuv. 

 The middle of the vertical fins yellowish, dotted with green ; the edges of the caudal 

 green. Two points on each side of the upper jaw. 



D. (?). P. (?). V. (?). A. (?). C. (?). Length, 6 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Scare pointille, Scarus punctulatua, Cuv. et Vat,., xiv. p. 195. 



12. Scarus tamiopterus, Desmarest. 



Brown, tinged with olive ; no green lines upon the head, nor yellow nor orange margins 

 to the tail. An opaque, yellowish-gray band at the base of the dorsal and anal, and a nar- 

 row brown line upon their margin. 



D. (?) P. (?)• V. (?)• A. (?)• C. (?)■ Length, 10 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Cuv. 



I.c Scare a bandeleucs (Scarus lasniopterus, Desmarest), Cuv. el Val., iiv. p. 195. 



13. Scarus diadema, Cuv. 

 Greenish gray ; a yellow band across the forehead, and continued back to the top of the 



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