184 LABRID^. 



head, and one-fourth of the total (the caudal lobes not included). 

 Posterior canine tooth none ; two canine teeth of the lower jaw are 

 received between two of the upper. Dorsal spines pungent, shorter 

 than the rays ; caudal with the lobes produced ; ventral pointed, not 

 prolonged ; pectoral shorter than the head. Colours in spirits : head 

 uniform purpUsh-brown, without any markings ; body greenish- 

 olive, with a broad lighter transverse band, below the second to sixth 

 iorsal spines, extending to the belly, each scale within the light band 

 with a shining vertical streak ; dorsal and anal dark-violet, the former 

 with a black spot anteriorly ; caudal light-coloured, with the upper 

 and lower margins greenish ; pectoral with an oblique oblong black 

 spot ; axil blackish. 



Hub. ? Probably Ceylon. 



ch-b. Sixty-seven lines long From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



9. Julis bicolor. 



D. ±. A. 1 L. lat. 28. L. transv. ^. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length (the 

 caudal lobes not included), the length of the head one-fourth. Pos- 

 terior canine tooth none ; the lower pair of canine teeth are received 

 between those of the upper. Dorsal spines pungent, shorter than 

 the rays; caudal lobes produced. The length of the ventral is 

 two-thirds of that of the pectoral, which is shorter than the head. 

 Colours in spirits : the upper half of the head and body is blackish- 

 olive to below the end of the dorsal, darkest behind the eye and 

 below the posterior part of the dorsal ; the lower half of the fish and 

 the hinder part of the tail are greenish- olive — both the light and 

 dark colours being well defined. Dorsal fin with a black spot be- 

 tween the first and third spines, and with a broad violet longitudinal 

 band, which becomes broader posteriorly, leaving only a narrow por- 

 tion of the base and the margin yellowish ; anal yellowish, with a 

 violet band along the base ; base and lobes of the caudal blackish. 

 A large black spot on the hinder half of the pectoral ; a black spot 

 superiorly in the axil. 



Hab. ? 



a-b. Five inches long. From Mr. Gerrard's Collection. 



10. Julis lucasana. 



Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1862, p. 142. 



D. i. A. ^. L. lat. 26. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. The colour of the upper half, except a 

 lighter band below the dorsal fin, is dark-purplish, and well defined 

 from the whitish lower half. The soft dorsal with a whitish margin, 

 the remainder of the fin dark. The basal half of the anal is light- 

 brownish, and the marginal half whitish. Caudal yellowish, with a 



