142 LABRID.'E. 



the anal ; a similar band on the head, nmning from the upper lip, 

 below the eye, to the axil of the pectoral. 

 East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



5. Stethojulis intermpta. 



Valent. figs. 30, 447 ; Benard, i. fig. 60. 

 Julis interrupta, Sleeker, Banda, i. p. 252. 



Stethojulis interrupta, G^wx^A. Aim.SfMaq.Nat. Hist. 1861, viii. p.386; 

 Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 133. tab. 44. fig. 4." 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the body is contained four times and two-thirds in 

 the total length, the length of the head three times and three-fourths. 

 Caudal fin convex. Green : an indistinct reddish-violet line on the 

 back, along tho base of the dorsal ; another from below the root 

 of the pectoral to thje caudal, interrupted behind the pectoral and 

 recommencing above the anal. Head with a reddish-violet band 

 between snout and eye, and with another between the eyes. Fins 

 immaculate ; a large triangular black spot on the base of the pec- 

 toral, and a white spot above it. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



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



6. Stethojulis axillaris. 



Julis axillaris, Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. IJran. Zool. p. 272 ; Cuv. 4' Vol- xiii. 

 p. 472. 



bandanensis, Sleeker, Banda, i. p. 254. 



Stethojulis axillaris, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 136. tab. 44. fig. 7. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 2/10. 



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

 of the head two-sevenths. A small posterior canine tooth. Caudal 

 convex. Back olive, with numerous bluish dots ; tail with one or 

 more very small black, yeUow-edged ocelli ; frequently a black spot 

 between the posterior dorsal rays. 



East Indian Archipelago. Madagascar. Sandwich Islands. 



a. Adult : bad state. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



b. Half-grown. 



7. Stethojulis kalosoma. 



Sleek. Amhoina <^ Ceram, p. 289, and Atl. Ichth. p. 134. tab. 43. fig. 4. 



D. :^. A. f^. L. lat. 27. 



The height of the body is rather less than the length of the herd, 

 and is contained four times and a half or four times and two-thirds 

 in the total. Head and back violet, .s/r^^.t posteriorJi/ with Jive series 



