260 - REPORT—1845, sir ib 
with the figure in the ‘ Voyage of the Astrolabe,’ though it is objected to in the ‘ Histoire 
des Poissons’ as not being sufficiently gibbous at the nape. The markings on the head are 
exactly as in the figure, and also the first and last of the three black dorsal spots, but the in- 
termediate one has disappeared in all the specimens. The borders of all the scales are 
brightly silvery. 
Hab. Sea of China? Vanikoro. 
JULIs Pa@ciLopTERus, F. J. 86. bis, f.1. Icon. Reeves, 233; Hardw. 299. 
Rad. D.9|13 vel14; A.2|14; C.113; P.12; V.1|5. (Spec. Mus. Brit.) 
A dried specimen of this fish exists in the British Museum, which was brought from Can- 
ton by John Reeves, Esq. The height of the body is somewhat less than the length of the 
head, and equals one-fourth of the whole length of the fish. The upper jaw has five conico- 
subulate teeth of the usual form, with small rounded interior ones, and these come forward to 
the edge of the jaw behind the last subulate tooth in two or three rows, like the minute mo- 
lars of a sparoid. On the lower jaw there are thirteen exterior teeth on each limb, and the 
interior granular teeth do not run so far back. Gill-flap tapering, but rounded at the tip. 
Lateral line composed of twenty-nine scales, slightly arched at its commencement, then con- 
tinuing horizontal as far as the ninth soft ray of the dorsal, when it is bent down over three 
scales and continued straight again to the caudal. It is marked om each scale by a gently 
waved and slightly rising tube, which before the bend of the line is simple and more poste- 
riorly emits one or two branchlets. The ground colour is pistachio-green, darker on the bases 
of the scales, and fading to asparagus-green on the lower parts of the sides. The nape is 
brownish-red, and two stripes of that colour traverse the fish, the narrower one keeping along 
the summit of the back and the broader one along the middle of the side. On this stripe above 
the pectoral there is a dark blackish-blue spot. There are many rows of small, round reddish- , 
orange spots, nearly as numerous as the scales, and becoming dark orange-brown in the 
stripes. These spots extend to the caudal, which is deep sulphur-yellow. The head is marked 
by golden stripes bordered by blue. The dorsal and anal are pale crimson with a greenish 
tint on the soft rays, and are thickly sprinkled with carmine spots. The pectorals and ven- 
trals are almost colourless, but the scaly base of the former is yellow and purple bounded by 
ared streak. The lateral stripe is almost black in the dried specimen. Length of specimen 
83 inches, of head 2 inches. 
Hab. China seas. Canton. 
JULIS THERSITES, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 208; Hardw. i. 298, &c. 
This species wants the brown longitudinal stripes of the preceding, but has otherwise con- 
siderable similarity in its tints of colour and markings. If the humped-back be not an acci- 
dental individual deformity, the fish is at once distinguished by it from other species. The 
ground colour of the head is duck-green, dark on the back, paler on the sides, and mixed with 
oil-green and yellow; the under surface is pale blue. There is a darker meniscoid spot on each 
scale, which on the shoulder and pectoral region is orange-red. A large dark blue mark over 
the pectoral has the spots on the scales almost black. The lines and spots on the head are 
vermilion with blue edges. The fins are pale Berlin-blue and are covered with tile-red 
spots, which form transverse bars on the caudal, and the dorsal and anal have a submarginal 
red stripe. The base of the pectoral is blue with a red streak; its membrane and that of the 
ventrals are spotless. The back of this fish rises into a bold hump under the spinous dorsal, 
the lateral line partaking of the curvature. Length of the figure 7 inches. 
Hab. China seas, Canton. 
JuLis Ltunanris, Lin. (Labrus); C. et V. xiii. p. 409. Labrus lutescens et 
LL. lorius, Solander, MSS. Icon. Parkins. Bib. Banks, 47. Z. gallus, 
Forskal. Z. zeylonicus, Penn. Ind. Zool. p. 56. pl.16. Julis hardwickii, 
Gray, Illust. Ind. Zool. pl. 9. Icon. Reeves, a. 30; Hardw. 300. Rad. 
D. 8|13; A. 2|11; C. 114; P.14; V.1|5. (Spec. Mus. Brit.) 
Several specimens from Canton exist in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park and in the 
British Museum, the latter being the donation of John Reeves, Esq. 
Hab. China seas. Canton. Java. Polynesia. Siam. Ceylon. Red sea. 
JuLis MENIscus, C. et V. xiii. p. 415. 
Hab. Seas of China (Canton). . Seychelles (Dussumier). 
JULIS VIRIDIS, Bl. 282 (Labrus); C. et V. xiii. p. 420. 
Hab. Sea of Japan? Mauritius. 
