164 LABRID^. 



50, Platyglossus principis. 



Pudiano verde, Marcgr. p. 146. 



Turdus, etc., Catesh. Hist. Carol, pi. 12 *. 



Doncella, Parra, p. 95. lam. 37. fig. 1. 



? Labrus brasiliensis, Bl. taf. 280 ; Bl. Sclin. p. 242. 



Julis principis, Cuv. (^ Val. xiii. p. 402. 



D. ^. A. ,^. L. lat. 25. 



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

 in the total length, the length of the head four times. Caudal trun- 

 cated. Body without apparent markings ; head with blue bands ; 

 dorsal and anal fins blue-edged, the latter with two violet bands ; 

 the soft dorsal and the caudal with irregular and interrupted bands 

 of the same colour. ( Val.) 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



51. Platyglossus intemasalis. 



? Julis dimidiatus, Agass. m Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 96. pi. 53 (the streak 



on the temple is omitted) ; Cuv. (^ Val. xiii. p. 407. 

 Julis intemasalis, Poeg, Mem. Cub. ii. 1861, p. 421. 



D. 1. A. ^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the body is contained three times and three-fourths 

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

 rounded. Brownish- olive (in spirits), Mdth a broad brownish band 

 from the operculum along the upper half of the sides. An oblique 

 bluish streak, edged with brown, ascends from the eye towards the 

 nape. Basal half of the dorsal blackish ; a fine black line runs along 

 the margin of the fin. 



Coast of Brazil. Caribbean Sea. 



a, b. Fine specimens. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



52. Platyglossus bivittatus. 



Labrus bivittatus, Bl. taf. 284. fig. 1. 



psittaculus, Lacep. iii. p. 522. 



Julis psittaculus, Cuv. 8) Val. xiii. p. 387. 



D.l. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. ^. 



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

 and one-fourth of the total. Caudal truncated. A dark-brown spot, 

 edged with bluish-white posteriorly, on the operculum ; a brown band 

 runs from the snout, through the eye and the opercular spot, across 

 the bend of the lateral line to the base of the caudal ; sometimes 

 another similar band, which is less distinct, along the side of the 



* This figure is quoted by Liime for his Sparus radiatus ; but this is a dif- 

 ferent fish, which had been sent to him by his friend Gkirden from North America. 

 Bloch's Sparus radiatiis, again, is different, namely a species erf Ckeilinus. 



