190 LABRID^. 



however, these four specimens are perfectly alike, and Dr. v. Bleaker 

 also appears to possess a certain number of them, it will be better 

 to retain them distinct from J. trUohata. 



21. Julis nitida. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 2/8. 



The height of the body is contained four times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and a foui'th. No 

 posterior canine tooth. Dorsal spines pungent, shorter than the 

 rays ; caudal lobes very slightly produced ; the length of the ventral 

 is two-thirds of that of the pectoral. Colours in sjjirifs : a violet band, 

 united with its fellow on the snout, runs through the eye and across 

 the bend of the lateral line to the caudal ; sometimes it is broken up 

 into large spots, forming a single series. Dorsal fin brownish, 

 darkest towards the margin, which is white ; a black blotch between 

 the four anterior spines ; anal white ; caudal with a blackish streak 

 along each lobe ; a black spot superiorly in the axU of the pectoral, 

 which is transparent. 



Jamaica. 

 a, b. Thirty-eight lines long. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 c. Thirty-eight lines long : stuffed. From Dr. Pai-neU's Collection. 



22. Julis dorsalis. 



Renard, Poiss. Mol. i. tab. 28. fig. 155, ii. fig. 68 ; Valent. fig. 53. _ 

 Sparus hardwickii, Benn. Fish, of Ceyl. pi. 12 (not Julis hardwickii, 



Gratj). 

 Julis dorsalis, Quoy Sj~ Gaim. Voy. Astral. Zool. iii. Poiss. p. 713. pi. 15. 



fig. 5 ; Ouv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 449 ; Bkek. Amboina, ii. p. 564, and Atl. 



Ichth. p. 94. tab. 34. fig. 4. 



seniifasciatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 448. 



urostigma, Bleek. Sumatra, ii. p. 287 (young). 



D. :i. A. l^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. |. Vert. 11/14. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is rather 

 more than one-foiu'th of the total. Caudal with the lobes more or 

 less produced ; ventral pointed. Back with six black cross-bars, 

 which sometimes extend on the dorsal fin ; generally a black longi- 

 tudinal baud on the dorsal ; a red band along the side of the tail ; 

 head with broad red bands radiating from the eye ; anal fin with a 

 more or less distinct black spot anteriorly, without longitudinal band; 

 a black spot superiorly in the axil. 



From the eastern coasts of Africa to the seas of China and to 

 Polynesia. 



a. Half-grown : bad state. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Col- 



lection. 



b. Adult. Ceylon. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Adult : skin. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 



d. Half-grown : bad state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



