i82 LAURID-K. 



several others on the upper side of the head ; another band crosses 

 the nape of the neck and descends to the gill-opening ; vertical fins 

 violet, with the outer portions yellowish. 

 Sea of Japan. Batavia. 



a. Half-grown. From Dr. P. v. Blecker's Collection. 



4. Julis amblycephalus. 



Julis ambhecplialus, Bleek. Xatiiurk. Tij(hchr. Ncderl. Ind. xi. 1850, 

 p. 83, ami Atl. Ichth. p. UO. tab. 8;i tig. (5. 



1). ~. A. j^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the body is contained five times and a fourth in 

 the total length (the caudal lobes not included), the length of the 

 head four times and three-fourths. Hnout convex, its lower profile 

 ascending in a similar curve to that in which the upper descends. 

 Posterior ciiiiiue tooth none. Dorsal s})ines i)ungent, shorter than 

 the rays ; caudal with the lobes produced. The length of the ven- 

 tral is three-fifths of that of the pectoral, which is shorter than the 

 head. Colours in ■^pirita : the upper two-thirds of the head and 

 body are dark brownisli-olive, each scale having a shining vertical 

 streak, the lowei' white. A very narrow blue, dark-edged line runs 

 from the lower angle of tlu; orbit to the axil, a second narrow bluish 

 line across the angle (if the pricoperculum. Dorsal fin blackish, an- 

 teriorly black, tlic soft portion with a narrow whitish margin ; anal 

 iinmacidate, transparent ; caudal transparent, with the lobes dark 

 olive ; pectoral yellowish, blackish towards its extremity ; a broad 

 triangular black spot at the axil. 



Ceylon, Java, Celebes, Sangi, and Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen, fiftj' lines long. From the Collection of the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 

 /' Bad state. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



"). Julis melanochir. 



Julis ni.'lanocliir, lilci-l.-. Ad. Sor. Sr. Iiido-Xcdtr/. ii. .imhoiiKt, \ iii. 

 p. 77, and At'. Lhth. p. 8'J. tal). .",••!. tig. 'l. 



D. f-.. A. -. L. lat. 28. 



The heiglil of tli b'dv is nearly eqmd to the length of the head, 

 and is contained five times and a (juai'ter in the total. Caudal fin with 

 the angles nuicli produced, one-fourth of the total length. Head 

 violet, tvith tii.'o lihu\ hlaclc.-ed<jeil strecds, the upper from the lower part 

 of the eye to the oijcrculiim. the lower from the angle of the mouth 

 to the subopcrculum. Body green, each scale with a I'ed transv(>r.se 

 streak. Pectoral vith a lari/c, ronndi.'^h, ttlack, tnnisvcrse spot; ver- 

 tical fins yellow: dorsal with a brown iiiti'ainarginal line ; anal blue- 

 edged ; the njipcr and lower ninigiiis of the caudal brow nish. 



Amboyna. 



a. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



