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iloisal spines, the third below the first to third dorsal rays, the fourth below the fifth to seventh dor- 

 sal rays, and the fifth below the axil of the dorsal; a dark blotch on base of pectoral, and another in 

 the posterior axil of the dorsal, this dark spot occupying the base of the last four dorsal rays; the 

 dark zones of color on the body, with the exception of the anterior one, invade the basal half ot 

 the dorsal fin; pectoral white, without marks; ventral with indistinct darker markings; anal with 

 five bands of dusky; caudal greenish, the tip white, and a white cross-band near the tip. Related 

 to S. auritus, but the markings different. 



SCARIDEA Jenkins. 



1031. Scaridea balia .Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1032. Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1033. Scaridea aerosa .lurdau A Snyder. Hawaii. 



CALOTOMUS Gilbert. 



1034. Calotomus irradians .Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1035. Calotomus sandwichensis ( Cuvier A VakMu-iennes). Hawaii. 



1036. Calotomus moluccensis (L'uvier & Valenciennes). New (iuiuea (Macleavl; Aneiteuni; East 



Indies. 



1037. Calotomus waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard). New Guinea; Waigiu; P'ast Indies. 



Scarus I'aigiennis. Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, 288, 1824, Waigiu. 



Scarm spinidcns, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie. 289. 1824. Waigiu. .same type. Bleeker. .\tla.s. Sear.. 13. tatj. ii, 



fig. 3, Amboina. 

 Cattyodon gpinidem, Gunther, Cat., iv, 215, Waigiu. 



Calhindm wairrimsis. Cuvier& Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss.. xiv, 2;Hi, lS3i). Waigiu. 

 Calbiminn htipxrlosoma, Bleeker. Amboina. vi, 42.i, Amboina. 



1038. Calotomus snyderi Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1039. Calotomus cyclurus Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1040. Calotomus carolinus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Caroline Is. 



1041. Calotomus brachysomus (Bleeker 1. New (Tiiinea i Macleaj'); ICast Indies. 



CALLYODON Gronow 11763). 



(.S'ran(« Forskal, 177.5; not of (ironow, 1763.) 



We retrret that the exigencies of the law of priority require the suppression of the time-honored 

 name of Scams; it was first used in 1763, for a species of Labriis. 



.\N.\LYSIS OF POLYXESI.\N- SPECIES OF C.\LLY0D0-N'. 



a. Callvodox. Jaws whitish or ro-sy. 

 b. Species with the coloration in life chiefly dark red or brown, sometimes golden or elonded, never larjiely deep blue 

 or green, 

 c. Lip narrow, not covering more than half of upper jaw. 

 rf. Scales on cheek in two rows. 



e. Color blackish-red; caudal fin largely .icarlet pyrrhurtu 



ee. Color not as above. 



/. .Sides with pale spots, more or less regularly arranged: young with lengthwise pale streak bennetti 



Jf. Olive; scales with darker centers; tins black plntodon 



ffj. Dull red, brighter below, almost unmarked mhttatn.'^. i/ohUri 



ffff. Leaden gray, unmarked boibnrns 



Jf//f. Color brownish yellow lahioxiis 



dd. Scales on cheek in three rows; dark red-brown, each scale on side with three dark streaks nihirrimns 



cc. Lip broad, covering more than half of upper jaw. 

 g. Scales on cheek in two rows. 

 h. Color dark red-brown, nearly uniform. 



I. Side of tail with a dusky shade , 



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