FAMILY, XLI— LABRID^. 405 



J'uUs trilohatus, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 437 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 187. -to 



Julis Soioleyetii, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 457 ; Eyd and Soul. Voy. Bonite, Zool. i, p. 190, Poiss. t. vi, t. / ; 

 Bleeker, Kokos, iii, p. 17G. ... .._ 



Julis formosus, CBrnginosus, cyanogaster, and erythrogaster, Cuv. and VaL siu, pp. 4.iJ, 441, 444, l^:/. 



? Julis abhortani, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 4.50 ; Giintlier, Cafcal. iv, p. 185. 



Scarus (<'} quinqueviUatus, Ilicliardson, Voy. Blossom, Zool. p. 66, pi. 19, f. 3. oi i t n ■■ ^^. 



JMs gtieiitheri, Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Wet. Amst. xiii, p. 279, and Atl. Icli. i, p. 94, t. o4, t. 1 ; LruntHer, 

 Catal. iv, p. 189, and in Brenchley's Cruise of CuraQoa, p. 426, pi. 32, f. A. 



Lena-giraiuah. " SquiiTel-parrot," Cingalese. 



B. vi, D. T«3, P. 16, V. 1/5, A. fV> C. 14, L. 1. 27-28, L. tr. 3-.31/10. 



Length of head 3a, of caudal 7, height of body 3f to 4i in the total length. Byes— diameter 5 to ^ in 

 the length of head, 11 to 2i diameters from the end of snout, and If to 2 apart. Teetlv-no posterior canine 

 Kres— caudal lobes produced in the adult. Colours— gvem or blue, with or without uTegular pinkish or red 

 bands radiating from the eye : a red or pink band which often gives off short ones superiorly, passes trom 

 the opercle to the caudal fin : a second of a brownish- violet colour goes along the back to the upper margin ot 

 the caudal fin : and a third along the abdomen to the lower margin of the caudal ; whilst sometmies there is a 

 fourth from the chest to the end of the base of the anal : the rays of the candal fin are green and the membrane 

 red and violet. Dorsal fin green or yeUow with a broad pink blue-edged band along its middle, and sometimes 

 having a black spot anteriorly : anal green, with a dark basal band ; the posterior half ot the pectoral 

 blackish. In the variety uvibrostyqma the colours are greenish, becoming of a dull white along the lower third 

 of the body. Head with black Hues and scattered spots. Two reddish lines along the side of the body which 

 send up vertical processes joining each other. Occiput and body with small vertical brown spots, either m the 

 form of bands or else scattered. Dorsal fin Wth a black spot between its first and third spmes, a sea-green 

 basal band, another in its upper third and the two separated by round reddish spots : an;il similarl.y marked. 

 Caudal with green streaks between the rays. Outer third of the pectoral stained gray. The dorsal anct anal 

 fins are occasionally differently coloured, they may have a single green band along their centres : or a red band 

 having yellow marks above and below, with a brown blue-edged Lntramarginal band. 



Eahitat—'Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago, Chma, and beyond. 

 The specimen figured is 10 inches in length and from the Andamans, the whole of its back above the upper 

 light band is coerulean blue. Amongst Sir W. Elliot's drawings is one of this fish, captared at Waltair, and 

 termed " CMlatrasani, Tel." 



6. Julis Jansenii, Plate LXXXVI, fig. 4. 

 Bleeker, Manado, p. 56, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 91, t. 34, f. 5 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 187. 



B. vi, D. A, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. tV> C. 14, L. 1, 28, L. tr. 2/9. 



Length of head 4 to 4^, of caudal 5^, height of body 4 i to 4f m the total length. Eyes--i\iameier 6 m 

 length of head, 2i diameters "from end of snout, and IJ- apart. J^/hs— caudal rounded m the young, lobe^s 

 produced in the adult. CoZozjrs— yellow, with from three to five wide black vertical bands going trom the back 

 down the sides. In the specimen figured (from the Andamans) the black colour almost hides the yellow ground 

 colour, and both are continued upwards on to the dorsal fin. A violet streak from behind the opercle on to the 

 base of the pectoral fin. Pectoral, ventral, and anal yellowish, the last with a black spot at the outer end ot 



its last two rays. , , t j.i j. • 



In the 'figure in Bleeker's Atlas, there are only three black cross bands on the body, the anterior going 

 over the head and nape to the base of the pectoral : the second from the fourth to sixth dorsal spmes to halt 

 way down the sides : the third from the summit of all the dorsal rays decreasing m width as it descends to the 

 base of the last few anal rays, where it expands so as to cover the outer edge of all. 

 Habitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



Genus, 12 — Gomphosus, Laeepede. 



BrancMostegals six. Body oblong, conqjressed. Snout produced, tMform : the- opening of the mouth not 

 extending nearly so far backwards as the eyes : preoperde entire. Gill membranes attached to the isthmus, -interior 

 teeth conical : no posterior canine : inferior pharyngeal teeth not confluent or pavement-hke. A singly dorsal fln with 

 less spines (8 or 9) than rays (13) . A^ial with two or three spines and less rays (11 ) than the soft dorsal, bcales rather 

 large, none on the head : no enlarged row at base of caudal fin, but the base of the dorsal and anal scaly. Lateral- 

 line continuous. 



Geographical distribution.— Hed Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. Gomphosus cceruleus, D. J^, A. Vr, L. 1. 29. Violet with the vertical fins yellow : or vivid green. 

 Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. i i -ii 



2. Gomphosus pectoralis, D. Jl, A. Vr\ L. 1. 26. Brownish, each scale with a dark base : caudal with a 

 white posterior edge. Seas of India to the Malay Ai-chipelago. 



