98 LABRIDiE. 



inclies. lines. 



Total length 15 8 



Height of the body 4 



Length of the head 3 8 



of the pectoral 2 11|- 



of the ventral 2 3 



of the last dorsal spine 11 



of the third anal spine 9 



Third Group. JULIDINA. 



10. XIPHOCHILUS. 



Xiphocheilus, Bleek. Nias, p. 223. 



Body oblong, covered with large scales. (L. lat. 28-29.) Head 

 scaly, nearly as high as long ; snout obtuse ; both Hmbs of the prse- 

 operculum, the posterior and the inferior, are naked. Lateral line 

 continuous. Fins not scaly at the base. Formula of the fins : 

 D. '■^. A. ^. The upper lip is thin, sword-shaped, and can be 

 nearly entirely hidden below the praeorbital. Both jaws anteriorly 

 with four canine teeth ; the lateral teeth united into an osseous ridge ; 

 a posterior canine tooth. Branchiostegals six. 



Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



1. Xiphochilus typus. 

 Bleek. I c. p. 224, and Atl. Iclith. tab. 21. fig. 7. 

 D. ^. A. ■^. L. lat. 28. 



The height of the body is contained four times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and three-fifths ; 

 head obtuse, as high as long ; the maxillary extends to below the 

 posterior half of the orbit ; canine teeth large, green-coloured. The 

 praeorbital as high as the orbit. Scales on the head large, those 

 on the cheek in three series ; limbs of the praBoperculum naked ; 

 operculum terminating in a broad membrane. Olive : head, body 

 and fins with blue stripes edged with violet : one curved across the 

 snout, from one eye to the other, another from the eye to the inter- 

 maxillary, a third from the lower jaw towards the opercidum ; the 

 streaks on the body are oblique, descending backwards, subin- 

 terrupted. Dorsal with two or three longitudinal stripes, anal and 

 caudal with transverse ones. {Bl.) 



Sea of Nias. 



2. Xiphochilus robustus. 



D. H A. ■^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 3/9. 



Cheek with seven series of small scales. 

 Mauritius. 



a. Thii-teen inches long : stuffed. From Dr. Janvier's Collection. 



Description of the specimen.— ThQ height of the body is nearly 



