166 LABRIDJ;:. 



55. Platyglossus caudalis. 

 Julis caudalis, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 213. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length ; the dia- 

 meter of the eye is one-sixth of the length of the head. Caudal 

 convex in the middle, luith the lobes produced, the upper being the 

 longer. Body greenish ; head with blue streaks, extending on the 

 base of the pectoral and on the throat ; a fjreen, blue-edged spot 

 behind the ei/e. Two series of blue spots proceed from the caudal 

 towards the middle of the trunk. Dorsal and anal rosy, with two 

 blue stripes which are formed by spots on the dorsal. (Poey.) 



Cuba. 



56. Platyglossus pictus. 

 Julis picta, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 214. 



The height of the body is two-eleventLs of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-fourth ; snout pointed. Caudal convex in the 

 middle, ivith the lobes prodMed. Red anteriorly, greenish-oUve 

 posteriorly ; head with blue bands ; dorsal and anal fins orange- 

 coloured, the latter with two blue longitudinal lines ; caudal with 

 three ycUow bands, the middle being longitudinal, and the outer 

 ones obhque. (Poey.) 



Cuba. 



57. Platyglossus pyrrhogramma. 



Julis pyrrhogramma, Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 170. pi. 86 bis, fig. 2. 

 D. f . A. i-. L. lat. 28. 



14 14 



The height of the body is contained four times and three-fourths 

 in the total length, the length of the head four times and one-fourth. 

 Caudal fin rounded. A rather narrow brown band runs from the end 

 of the snout, through the eye and the opercidar lobe, to the base of the 

 caudal ; no lateral spot. A similar band on the back, along the base 

 of the dorsal, joining its fellow on the head, where both form a 

 point, extending to the snout. (ScJiley.) 



Sea of Japan. 



58. Platyglossus pcecilopterus. 



Julis pcecilopterus, Schlet/. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 169. pi. 86 bis, fig. 1 ; 



Richards. Ichth. Cldn! ^. 260. 

 thersites, Richards. I. c. (defonned). 



D. f . A. ^ L. lat. 28. L. transv. 2/8. 



14 14' ' 



The height of the body is contained four times and three-fourths in 

 the total length, the length of the head four times and one-fourth. 

 Caudal fin rounded. A black blotch beloiv the lutercd line, in the ver- 

 tical from the sixth and seventh dorsal spines, traversed by a broivn 

 longiludincd, band running from the end of the snout through the eye 



