Mr. Bennett's Description of a new species ofjulis, 577 



Art. LXV. Description of a new species ofjulis^ Cuv. 

 % E. T. Bennett, Esq., F.L.S., Src 



JuLis. Cuv. 



Labrus, pars. L. 

 JuLis Argus. 



/. capite poroso, cceruleo lineato : corpore lineis longitudinalibus 

 plurimis cceruleis, lineolisque nigris fuscisque transversis tesseUato 

 oculaioque: pinnis dorsali analique ocellis hyalinis numerosis : 

 Cauda rotunduta, 



D.^V C.13. A.^V P-13. V.i. 

 Tab. XIII. f. 7. 



The colour is fuscous above, becoming paler beneath : along 

 the upper part above the lateral line extend two rows of small 

 black spots, with a few slight pale-blue points : below the lateral 

 line the whole of the body is marked by longitudinal blue lines, 

 eight in number, between each of which pass transversely short 

 lines, blackish above and fuscous beneath, dividing the surface 

 into numerous areolce, which are usually rounded at their angles, 

 assuming the form of ocelli, especially towards their tail ', along 

 these shorter lines the blue tint^of the longitudinal ones is also 

 frequently extended. The head is of a very pale blue colour, with 

 three lines of a deeper blue on each side, the two lower running 

 into a nearly transverse blue line which crosses the head behind 

 the eye ; behind this latter line are three blue spots, one of which 

 occupies the point of the operculum. The pores on the head are 

 few in number, occupying the suborbital bone and the margin of 

 the prW'Operculum. 



The dorsal and anal fins project moderately from the body, the 

 former being of equal elevation throughout : they are blue at their 

 base, beceming fuscous in the middle and paler fuscous at the 

 margin : each of them is marked with three rows of transparent 

 ocelli. The caudal fin is rounded, yellowish fuscous, with an ab- 

 breviated black siibapical/a*c/a. The pectoral fins are colourless, 

 as are also the ventral, except on their lower edge where they are 

 nigrescent. 



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