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at the suboperculum, and passes beneath the pectoral. A violet band passes from the eye 
over the occiput, and unites with that of the opposite side, forming an angle upon the top of 
the head. From the top of this angle, a wide, short bone descends vertically, which anas- 
tomoses with another horizontal line, passing from the eye to the angle of the opercle. A 
transverse bridle passes beneath the lower jaw, and is prolonged in a lighter band, which di- 
vides the preopercle and extends to the opercle. Scales large; twenty-four in a longitudinal 
line between branchie and tail. 
D. 9-11. P.(?). V.(?). A.3-12. C.(?). Length, 6 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘‘ Patate,’’? at Martinique. 
La Girelle perruche (Julis psittaculus, Cuv., Labrus psittaculus, Lacer.), Cuv. et Van., x11. p. 387. 
2. Julis Garnoti, Cuv. 
Body blue or greenish, bright red along the back; the spinous portion of the dorsal black- 
ish blue; the soft portion gray, with red spots; the anal of a tint approaching to the lees of 
wine, with deep blue spots between each ray, near the body ; caudal rounded and grayish, 
rayed transversely with ten alternately narrow and wide rays; pectorals bluish; ventrals 
greenish. 
DESH 1ly E.G). Valois eae a ll. Oar). enpth 6 mches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
La Girelle de Garnot, Julis Garnoti, Cuv. et VaL., x111. p. 390, 
3. Julis cyanostigma, Cuv. 
Head clouded with blue or violet and red. Seven or eight longitudinal rows of azure spots 
upon the sides; three large black spots at the base of the dorsal; one upon the first simple 
rays ; one at the termination of the fin; the central one includes the first four soft rays. A 
violet ray along the middle of the base of the anal. The caudal and the dorsal have some 
traces of violet spots. 
D. (2). P.(?). V.(?). A. (2). C. (2). Length, 6 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
La Girelle aux taches bleues, Julis cyanostigma, Cuv. et VaL., x11, p. 391. 
4. Julis opalina, Cuv. 
The color of this species is a mixture of blue, green, yellow, orange, and red, which gives 
it an opaline or iridescent tint. The blue is disposed in four well marked lines upon the 
belly. Head blue or flesh-color, with deeper blue rays. Dorsal blue. Anal with two 
violet-colored rays upon a deeper ground ; caudal blue, with violet bands, which are vertical 
or longitudinal. 
