.'^2. JULis. 189 



ID. Julis purpurea. 



Sc-arus pui'puveus, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 27. 

 Labrus pminireus, L. Gni. i. p. 128-4. 

 f iraniiiiistes purpureas, Bl. Scfui. p. 190. 



Julis purpureas, Iliipp. All. Fisclie, p. 25. taf. G. fig. 2; Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. 

 p. 445. 



D.A A. A 



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

 more than one-foiu"th of the total. Caudal subtruncated, with the 

 lobes .sliglitly produced. Green : on each side of the head five red 

 bands, one of wliich passes through the eye and over the base of the 

 pectoral, and is continued into its fellow from the other side ; along 

 each side of the body three red bands, one of which is broad and 

 runs from the operculum across the bend of the lateral line to the 

 caudal, emitting numerous vertical streaks upwards into the green 

 ground-coloui- ; fins gxeenish, dorsal and anal with a red longitudinal 

 band. 



Red Sea. Bombay. 



This fish is probably another variety of J. trilobata, in which case 

 the name given by Forskal would have the priority. 



20. Julis giintheri. 



Julis quadricolor, Bleeh. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Xederl. i. Mamid. p. 55 (not 



Nut. Ti/dscfir. Kedi-rl. Lid. xix. p. 339). 

 giintheri, Bleeh. Versl. Akud. Wet. Amst. xiii. p. 279, and Atl. 



Ichth. p. 94. tab. 34. fig. 1. 



D. y^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3i/9. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and one- 

 fourth of the total. Caudal fin truncated, with the lobes slightly 

 produced, (ireenish-olive (in spirits), with a light-coloiu-ed, well- 

 defined band running from the opercular lobe to the middle of the 

 caudal ; a simUar second band from the side of the nape to and along 

 the upper caudal lobe. Head with two lateral bands : one from the 

 maxiUaiy thi'ough the eye to the opercidar lobe ; the other cui'ved, 

 below the ej'c ; another across the occiput, and sometimes two cross- 

 bands between the eyes. An obHque band on the thorax, beloAv the 

 pectoral. Dorsal fin with a black spot anteriorly, and with a broad 

 band which rims along the middle of the dorsal fin, lea\'ing the 

 margin and the base of the fin of a darker colour. Anal fin unifonn 

 transparent. The lower caudal lobe with a longitudinal band similar 

 to that of the upper ; the posterior half of the pectoral blackish ; a 

 blackish spot superiorly in the axil. 



Cape of Good Hope. Celebes, Sangi. 



a-c. Four to five inches long. Cape of Good Hope. 



d. Four and a half inches long. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



On account of the great similarity of this species to J. trilobata, 

 I have hesitated for a long time to separate it from the latter. As, 



