140 LABKIDJ-:. 



the middle of the soft dorsal and of the anal ; the fourth on the tail, 

 behind the last dorsal and anal rays. (Bl.) 

 Bill ton. 



Is not this tish the yomig oi Hemir/tfrnnus fasciatus'? 



27. STETHOJULIS*. 

 Julis, sp., Cuv. Sf Vol. 

 Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 head entirely naked ; lateral line not interrupted ; scales on the 

 thorax as large as, or larger than, those on the side of the body. A 

 posterior canine tooth. Dorsal spines nine. 



From the eastern coasts of Africa to the Western Pacific. 



1. Stethojulis strigiventer. 



Julis strigiventer, Benn. Proc. Zool. Sac. 1832, p. 184 ; Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. 



p. 468; Bleeh. Banda, i. p. 251. 

 Stethojulis strigiventer, Giiiith. Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1861, viii. 



p. 386 ; Bleek.Atl. Ichth. p. 135. tab. 43. fig. 1. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length, the length 

 of the head two-sevenths ; caudal rounded ; ventral rather short. 

 Greenish : lower parts of the sides with several yellow longitudinal 

 lines and with some black dots ; a brownish band from the mouth, 

 below the eye to the operculum ; a black dot at the base of the penul- 

 timate dorsal ray ; sometimes a small black spot on the base of the 

 caudal fin. 



From the eastern coasts of Africa to the noi-them coasts of Australia. 



a. Adult. Mauritius. From Mr. Gerrard's Collection. — Type of the 



species. 

 h-d. Adult. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Collection. 

 e,f. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 g. Half-grown. Port Essington. From the Haslar Collection. 



2. Stethojulis trilineata, 



Seba, iii. 31. 5 ; Valent. fig. 54. 

 Labrus trilineatus, pt., Bl. Schn. p. 253. 

 Julis sebaniis, Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 474. 



castm'i, Bleek. Celebes, iii. p. 768. 



Stethojulis trilineata, Gilnth. Ann. S,-3fag. Nat. Hist.lQQl, viii. p. 386; 

 Bkek. Atl. Ichth. p. 131. tab. 4?j. fig. 3." 



D. ^. A. If. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is two- 

 sevenths of the total. Caudal rounded. Body with four white (in 

 life, red) longitudinal stripes, edged Avith brown : the upper from the 

 occiput along the base of the dorsal ; the second from the snout 

 through the upper part of the eye, along the anterior portion of the 

 * 1. Julis finlaysoni, Cuv. <^ Vcd. xiii. p. 471. — Ceylon. 



