35. coRis. 205 



18. Coris flavovittata. 



Julis flavovittatus, Benn. Zool. Jmirn. iv. p. ;>6. 

 eydouxii, Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 455. 



D. f:^. A. ^^. L. lat. 80-85. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length, the lengtli 

 of the head one-fourth. No posterior canine tooth ; upper lip broad, 

 folded; the lower pendent, not continuous with that of the other 

 side. Caudal rounded ; dorsal spines stiff, none of them produced ; 

 ventral not much shorter than pectoral. Blacldsh-brown, with four 

 yellow longitudinal bands, tlie second of which terminates at the 

 bend of the lateral line ; vertical fins with yellow margin, anal with 

 a yellow band along the middle. 



Sandwdch Islands. 



rt. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society.— 

 Tj-pe of the species. 



19. Coris oxyrhyncha. 



Julis oxyrhynehus, Bleek. Bocroe, ii. p. 74. 



Hologymnosus oxjThjTichus, Blvek. Synon. Lahr. in Versl. Akail. Wet. 

 Amsterd. xiii. p. 281, and Atl. Ichth. p. 97. tab. 33. fig. 4. 



D. l^. A. f^. L. lat. 120. 



The height of the body is one-seventh of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-fourth ; the length of the pectoral is more 

 than one-half of that of the head. Posterior canine tooth none. 

 Anterior dorsal spines not produc(;d ; caudal convex posteriorly, but 

 with the angles acute ; the length of the ventral is a little more than 

 one-half of that of the pectoral. Yellowish-rosecoloured, Avith three 

 brown longitudinal bands : the upper from the snout, along the upper 

 part of the back, to the back of the tail ; the second from the snout, 

 thi'ough the eye, across the bend of the lateral line to the root of the 

 caudal ; the third is the broadest and runs from the snout across the 

 thorax to the hind part of the caudal fin. {Bl. ) 



Sea of Knjeli. 



20. Coris caudimacula. 



Julis caudiniiicida, Quoji 8( Gaim. Voy. Astrol. iii. p. 710. Poiss. pi. 15. 

 fig. 2; Cuv. (ij- Val. xiii. p. 420. 



Hemicoris caudunacula, Bleek. Si/n. Lahr. in Versl. Aknd. Wet. Am- 

 sterd. xiii. p. 283. and Atl. Ichth. p. lOG. tab. 30. fig. 2. 



D. f^. A. ^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 4/18. 



The length of the head is rather more than the height of the body, 

 and one-foiirth of the total. No posterior canine tooth. The first 

 and second dorsal spines are somewhat ])roduccd; caudal rounded; 

 ventral prolonged. Violet (in spirits), with four yellowish longitu- 

 dinal bands, the second of which commences at the snout and passes 

 through the eye ; several other blui.sh streaks on the side of the 

 head ; a blue spot on the extremity of the operculum ; a large black 

 spot at the base of the caudal ; dorsal fin with a blackish spot ante- 



