32. JULis. 183 



G. Julis aneitensis. 

 D. ^. A. ^. L. hit. 28. L. transv. 3/9. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is some- 

 what more than one-lifth of the total ; the outer caudal rays i)ro- 

 duced into filaments; the length of the ventral is two-thii'ds of that 

 of the pectoral in half-groMni specimens, three-fourths in adult. 

 Colours of dried specimeas : anterior part of the back and thorax 

 bro\\nush-olive ; body greenish, each scale with a vertical streak; 

 head violet, with tliree (jreeii bands edged with darker: the upper 

 from the eye to the origin of the lateral line, the middle from below 

 the eye to the hind part of the suboperculum, the lower from the 

 angle of the mouth to the suboperculum ; sometimes a fourth on the 

 interoperculum. Pectoral with a broad oblique blacJc band across its 

 posterior half, and with a black spot in the axil ; a black spot between 

 the second and third dorsal spines : two fine brouni lines run along the 

 whole length, of tlue dorsal, one along its base, and the other above the 

 middle of its height ; they are the edges of a broad brownish band 

 running along the middle of the fin : anal ivith a similar line running 

 nearer to its base than to its margin, and separating the brown basal 

 portion from the green outer one. A yellow 'jand along the upper 

 and lower margins of the caudal. 



North-east coast of Australia. New Hebrides. Norfolk Island. 



a-b. Nine inches long : stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's 

 Collection. 



c. Eleven inches long : stuffed. Cato Island (N.E. Australia). From 



the Collection of F. M. Ilayner, Esq. 



d. Adult. Norfolk Island. From the Haslar Collection. 



7. Julis genivittata. 



Labrus argeutatus, var., Laccp. iii. pi. 18. fig. 1. 

 Julia genivititata, Cuv. Sf V<il. xiii. p. 416. 

 comuiersoni, Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 418. 



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Caudal lobes produced. Pectoral luith a hlachish spot, darhest on 

 the margin of the fin. Green : head with bands, two of which are 

 curved, on the cheek below the eye, and another betiind the eye. 

 Each scale on the body with a vertical streak ; no light cross-band 

 behind the pectoral ; dorsal and anal with the base brown and the 

 margin green; caudal green, the middle of the margin lighter. Dorsal 

 fin sometimes with a longitudinal band along the middle. (Val.) 



Mauritius ; Ked Sea. 



a-b. Adult: stuffed. Red Sea. Presented by J. Burton. Esq. 



8. Julis melanoptera. 



D. ■^. A. ,^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. |. 

 The height of the body is a little more than the length of the 



