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47. Platyglossus cinctus. 



Julis cincta, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. 1800, p. 211. 



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The height of the body is somewhat less than the length of the 

 head, or than one-fourth of the total ; caudal rounded. Back green- 

 ish anteriorly, reddish posteriorly ; a broad violet band descends 

 from the back to the vent. Two blue lines ascend from the eye 

 towards the nape ; the soft dorsal nearly uniform ; anal reddish, 

 with blue margin ; caudal with five blue cross-bands edged with red. 

 iPoeij.) 



Cuba. 



Probably merely a variety of P. ruptus. 



In the last part of Poey's Meraor. Cub. p. 354, pubRshed in 1861, 

 the author considers it possible that PL ruptus and PI. chwtus are 

 the two sexes of one species. 



48. Platyglossus opalinus. 

 Julis opalina, Cuv. iS'- J'al. xiii. p. 392. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the bod} is one-third of the total length ; tlic an- 

 terior profile of the snout forms two-thirds of a right angle with a 

 horizontal lino ; nape of the neck arched. Caudal truncated. Bluish, 

 iridescent : head with blue lines ; dorsal blue ; anal with two violet 

 streaks ; caudal striped with violet. ( Val.) 



Martinique. 



The specimen on which this species has been founded is fifteen 

 inches long. 



49. Platyglossus crotaphus. 

 Julis crotaphus, Cuv. ^- Val. xiii. p. 395. 



J). A. A.l. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 2/8. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and contained four times and a third in the totah Caudal truncated. 

 A d:irk spot behind the orbit. Green : head and caudal with red 

 streaks ; dorsal red ; anal with a band along the middle. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Adult. Brazil. Presented by Lord Stuart. 



b. Pine specimen. Bahia. From Dr. O. Wuchcrer's Collection. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Bahia. 



d. Adult. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



e. Half-grown : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 /. Half-grown. Caribbean Sea. From the Collection of the Zoo- 

 logical Societ}'. 



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