32. juLis. 185 



narrow whitish upper and lower margin and with an infraraarginal 

 purplish band. Pectoral with a blackish dot superiorly in the axil. 

 Cape St. Lucas (California). 



a. Fine specimen. Cape St. Lucas. Presented by the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



11. Julis umbrostigma.' 



Julis umbrostigma, Jttipp. N. W. Fische, p. 11. taf. 3. fig. 2 ; Bkek. Atl. 



Ichth. p. 92. tab. 34. fig. 2. 

 souleyetii, Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 467 ; Eyd. 8f Soul. Voy. Bonite, Zool. 



i. p. 190, Poiss. pi. 6. fig. 2 ; Bhek. Kokos, iii. p. 176. 



D. 5|. A. j^. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 3/10. 



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

 and one-fourth or two-ninths of the total. Posterior canine tooth 

 none. Caudal subtruncated ; ventral not produced. Green, with 

 two more or less distinct reddish longitudinal bands, one commencing 

 at the point of the operculum, the other at the lower part of the 

 axil. Body with small brown vertical spots, sometimes disposed in 

 cross-bands, those on the head scattered. Two oblique lines on each 

 side of the snout. Dorsal with a hlacTc spot anteriorly ; anal with 

 two reddish longitudinal bands. 



From the Red Sea to the Sandwich Islands. 



Var. a. Dorsal fin reddish, with a broad green band along the 

 middle. — Red Sea. Sea of China. 



a. Adiilt : not good state. China Sea. Presented by Vice-Admiral 

 Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



Var. /3. Dorsal fin light-red, with the base green, and with a green 

 intramarginal line. — New Hebrides. 



h. Adult : stufifed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



12. Julis abhortani. 

 Julis abhortani, Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 459. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (the caudal 

 fin not included). No posterior canine tooth. Interoperculum very 

 broad ; lateral line much ramified. Nearly uniform yellow (in spirits) ; 

 dorsal yellow, with a black spot anteriorly ; anal violet inferiorly, 

 with pale margin. {Val.) 



Mauritius. 



13. Julis matthsei 

 Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p7 419. 



D. i. A. ^. 



13 U 



The length of the pectoral is only one-half of that of the head, 



