GEN. JULIS. THE RAINBOW WRASSE. 307 



conferred by these high authorities, and used by 

 Dr. Fleming in the year 1828, in preference to any 

 others. Only one instance is recorded of this 

 beautiful fish having been discovered on the British 

 shores ; and this not so well authenticated as mio-ht 

 be wished. The specimen was procured by Miss 

 Pocock upon the coast of Cornwall in the year 1802, 

 and was by her communicated to Mr. Donovan, who 

 gave an account of it in his " British Fishes." Mr. 

 Donovan's description is but meagre. He states 

 " that the specimen rather exceeds the length of 

 seven inches ; it was of a slender or elongated form, 

 and remarkable for the elegant distribution of its 

 colours, which were changeable in various directions 

 of light : but the most striking peculiarity was the 

 broad denticulated stripe, extending along each side, 

 from the head nearly to the tail, the colour of which 

 was fulvous ; and, with the rest of the colours, pro- 

 duced an effect equally singular and beautiful." Ac- 

 cording to Mr. Donovan, the numbers of the rays 

 were 



D. 9/13— P. 12— V. 1/5— A. 2/13— C. 13. 



As considerable doul^t still exists, as to which 

 species of Julis this really was, M. Valenciennes 

 stating that he cannot regard it as the J. vulgaris, 

 we shall here furnish rather a full account from the 

 pages of the French Ichthyologist, which will assist 

 any British Naturalist who may be so happy as to 

 procure a specimen. According to M. Valenciennes, 

 this fish, very common in the Mediterranean, ex- 



