28. PLATYGLOSSUS. 163 



47. Platyglossus cinctus. 



Julis cincta, Poei/, Mem. Vub. ii. 18G0, p. 211. 



T) ^ A A 

 U. -. A. ,2- 



The height of the body is somewhat less than the length of the 

 head, or than one-foui-th of the total ; caudal rounded. Back green- 

 ish anteriorly, reddish posteriorly ; a broad violet band descends 

 from the back to the vent. Two blue lines ascend from the eye 

 towards the nape ; the soft dorsal nearly uniform ; anal reddish, 

 with blue margin ; caudal with five blue cross-bands edged with red. 

 (Poey.) 



Cuba. 



Probablj' merely a variety of P. ruptus. 



In the last part of Poej^'s Memor. Cub. p. 354, published in 1861, 

 the author considers it possible that PI. ruptus and PI. cinctus are 

 the two sexes of one species. 



48. Platyglossus opalinus. 

 Julis opaliua, Cuv. ^ Vul. xiii. p. 392. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; the an- 

 terior profile of the snout forms two-thirds of a right angle with a 

 horizontal line ; nape of the neck arched. Caudal truncated. Bluish, 

 iridescent : head with blue lines ; dorsal blue ; anal with two ^^olet 

 streaks ; caudal striped with violet. ( Vol.) 



Martinique. 



The specimen on which this species has been founded is fifteen 

 inches long. 



49. Platyglossus crotaphus. 



.Talis crotaphus, Cuv. .i'- Val. xiii. p. 395. 



D.^. A.^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 2/8. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and contained four times and a third in the total. Caudal truncated. 

 A dark spot behind the orbit. Green : head and caudal mth red 

 streaks ; dorsal red ; anal with a band along the middle. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Adult. Brazil. Presented by Lord Stuart. 



h. Fine specimen. Bahia. From Dr. 0. Wucherer's Collection. 



c. Adult: stuffed. Bahia. 



d. Adult. Babia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



«. Half-grown : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parncll's CoUeetion. 

 /. Half-grown. Caribbean Sea. From the Collection of the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



