162 LABRID.E. 



situated below and on the anterior part of the soft dorsal ; large silvery 

 spots between the black ones. Dorsal fin with irregular blue spots 

 and mth blue margin ; anal with a series of blue ocelli along the 

 base and with blue margin, a band and a series of spots of the same 

 colour running along the middle ; caudal with numerous dots, and with 

 the upper and lower margins blue ; the upper part of the extremity 

 of the pectoral blackish. Toung specimens with a black spot on the 

 root of the caudal. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



a. Fine specimen, ten inches long. Cuba. From the Collection of 

 the Zoological Society. 



h-c. Adult 'and young : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Col- 

 lection. 



d-f. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



q. Adult : has been in chloride of zinc. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 



h-i. Eighteen inches long: stuffed. 



45. Platyglossus garnoti. 



Julis garnoti. Cuv. Sf*Val. xiii. p. 390. 

 D.A A. 2,. 



Similar to P. C)/miostlgma. 



Caudal rounded. Three or four fine blackish lines ascend from 

 the eye towards the neck. Bluish or greenish, back red : the spinous 

 dorsal bluish-black ; the soft lighter, with red spots along the base ; 

 anal with a series of blue dots near the base ; caudal with ten cross- 

 bands alternately wider and narrower. (Val.) 



Martinique. 



46. Platyglossus ruptus. 



? Julis patatus, pt. (I'individu a plus de quinze pouces), Cuv. iSf Val. 



xiii. pp. 398 & 399. 

 Julis rupta, Poet/, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 212. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 28. L. transv. |. 



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

 total length, the length of the head four times. Caudal slightly 

 rounded. Upper parts greenish : a dark-brown band descends from 

 the back towards the vent, and sometimes occupies the back of the 

 tail below the soft dorsal. Two black lines ascend from the eye to 

 the nape of the neck ; neck and anterior part of the dorsal with black 

 dots ; the soft dorsal with numerous oblique brown streaks ; caudal 

 with five, anal with two blue bands. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Cuba. From the Collection • of the Zoological 



Society. 



b. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



