27. STKTHOJULIS. 141 



lateral line to the caudal ; the third runs from the extremity of the 

 snout, below the eye, through the opercular point, and terminates 

 behind the pectoral ; the fourth runs uninterniptedly from the angle 

 of the mouth below the base of the pectoral to the caudal. 

 East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



3. Stethojulis albovittata. 



Gallenay castouri, Rmard, fig. 133. 



Labrus albovittatup, (Bonmd.) Lacep. iii. pp. 443, 509. 



Julis balteatus, Qiioy i<f Gaim. Voy. Uran. p. 2G7. pi. 56. fig. 1 ; Cuv. 8f 



Val. xiii. p. 475 ; lileek. Banda, i. p. 253. 

 Stethojulis albovittata, Giinth. Ann. ^- May. Xat. Hist. 1861, viii. 



p. 386; Bk'cL Atl. Ichth. p. 132. tab. 44. fig. 5. 



D. i^. _ A. ^. L. lat, 27. L. transv. 2/9. 



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

 sevenths of the total. Body with four longitudinal stripes (red 

 during life) : the upper is bluish (in spirits), sometimes indistinct, 

 and runs from the upper margin of the orbit along the base of the 

 dorsal ; the others are yellow or white : the second proceeds from the 

 snout, through the upper part of the orbit, and terminates behind 

 the commencement of the lateral line ; the third from the maxillary, 

 below the eye, through the extremity of the operculum to the middle 

 of the trunk, and sometimes continued on to the base of the caudal ; 

 the fourth ^crosses the lower jaw in a cuitc, traverses the prae- and 

 sub-operculum, ascends along the gill-opening to behind the axil, 

 where it is slightly interrupted, and runs finally in a gentle curve to 

 the caudal. 



Madagascar. East Indian Archipelago. Sandwich Islands. 



a, h. Adult. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d, e. Adult : skin and stuffed. Sandwich Islands. From the Col- 



lection of the Zoological Society. 



4. Stethojulis renardi. 



Renard, i. tab. 30. fig. 160. 



Julis renardi, Bleek. Banda, i. p. 253. 



Stethojulis renardi, Bleek. Atl Ichth. p. 132. tab. 43. fig. 2. 



D. -i. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 2/10. 



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

 total length, the length of the head thrice and a half. Body with 

 three longitudinal stripes : the upper is bluish (in spirits), and runs 

 from the occiput along the base of the dorsal ; the others arc white 

 (in life, red) : the second runs from the end of the gill-opening along 

 the middle of the body to the root of the caudal ; there is a minute 

 black spot above its termination ; the third band commences from 

 below the root of the pectoral and terminates above the front part of 



