168 LABRIDJi. 



30. PSEUDOJULIS. 



Pseudojulis, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 412. 



Body compressed, slender, covered with scales of moderate size 

 (L. lat. less than 30); head naked; lateral line not interrupted; 

 scales on the thorax smaller than those of the body. No posterior 

 canine tooth ; anterior teeth conical. Dorsal spines nine. 



East Indian Archipelago. Coasts of CaUfornia. 



1. Pseudojulis g^ardi. 



Julis girardi. Sleek. Bali, ill. p. 168. 



Pseudojulis girardi, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 412, and Atl.Ichth. 

 p. 127. tab. 33. fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. 



The height of the body is contained five times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times and a thii-d or four times and a 

 fourth. Caudal rounded; dorsal spines pungent. Greenish-rose- 

 coloured : snout and forehead amber-brown ; a broad brownish band 

 from the forehead to the operculum and from thence to the caudal ; 

 pectoral with a blackish spot superiorly in the axil ; fins rose- 

 coloured. (Bl.) 



Coast of Bolcling. 



2. Pseudojulis modestus. 



Jidis modestus, Girard in U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 163 ; 

 Gill in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1862, p. 142. 



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



The height of the body is contained five times and two-thirds in 

 the total length, the length of the head four times and a half. Dorsal 

 spines slender, .slightly flexible ; caudal fin subtruncated. Brownish- 

 olive ; a pair of dark spots at the root of the caudal, and a blackish 

 spot superiorly in the axil of the pectoral. 



Coasts of California. 



a. Fine specimen. San Diego. Presented by the Smithsonian In- < 

 stitution. L 



31. NOVACULAf. 



Xyrichthys, sp.. Cur. Hf Val. xiv. p. 33. 

 Novacula, Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 64. 



Novacula, sp., Sfeinddchner in Verhandl. Zool. Bot. Geselhch. Wien, 

 1861, p. 133. 



* Nine dorsal spines are very distinct. 



t 1. Xyrichthys vitta, Cuv. 8( Val. xiv. p. 51.— Hab. ? 



2. Novacula tessellata, Cuv. &c Val. xiv. p. 74. — Mauritius. 



3. iminaeulata, Cuv. S( Val. xiv. p, 75.— Mauritius. 



