186 LABRID^. 



aud the lower rays are the longest ; caudal lobes produced. X black- 

 ish spot on the pectoral ; head with streaks ; each scale with a violet 

 dot; dorsal and anal with longitudinal bands. (Val.) 

 Mauritius. 



14. Julis hebraica. 



Labrus hebraicus, Lacep. iii. pp. 455, 526. 



Julis cingulata, Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. Astrol. p. 711. pi. 15. fig. 3. 



hebraicus, Ctiv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 423. 



D. |. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2/9. 



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

 and one-fourth of the total (the caudal lobes not included). Caudal 

 fin with the lobes produced. Three or fom- blue bands edged -with 

 darker radiate from the eye towards the opercular margins and the 

 base of the pectoral. Green, darker on the base of the caudal ; a 

 yellow cross-band below the anterior dorsal spines ; dorsal and cau- 

 dal greenish, anal whitish ; a black spot anteriorlj- on the dorsal fin. 



Mairritius, Madagascar, Mozambique. 



a. Adult. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Collection. 

 h, c. Adult. 



15. JuUs bifasciata. 



Labrus, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 24^3. 



Labrus bifasciatus, Bloch, v. p. 131. pi. 283 ; Bl. Schn. p. 243. 



ornatus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, 1854, p. 83. 



D. j^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2/9. 



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

 head, and one-fourth of the total (the caudal lobes not included). 

 Caudal fin deeply forked, with the lobes much produced. Head 

 bluish (in spu'its) ; body green, the basal membrane of each scale 

 being darker. Trunk behind the head black, with a broad whitish 

 cross-band below the anterior dorsal spines. Nearly the whole of 

 the spinous dorsal black, the soft light-violet; the margin of the 

 entire fin white. Caudal lobes dark- violet ; base and extremity of 

 the pectoral blacldsh-blue. 



Sea of Jamaica. 



a. Fine specimen. Jamaica. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 h-h. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 /. Half- grown. 



16. Julis deter sor. 



Cuv. e,- Val. xiii. p. 408. 



D i- A •'' 



Caudal fin deeply forked ; the spinous dorsal is low and scaly. 

 Head, thorax, anterior portion of the dorsal, extremity of the pec- 

 toral and caudal lobes blaekish-violet ; the remainder greenish. ( Val.) 



S. Domingo ; Martinique. 



