648 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi..xxiv. 
dorsal not incised, spines rather strong-, the long-est contained 3i times 
in head ; longest ray 2i. First anal ra}^ short, very slender, closel}" 
apposed to second and hidden beneath the menil)rane, the third spine 
3t in head, longest raj 2i. Caudal truncate, the upper and lower 
rays filamentous, middle rays 1^ in head. Upper rays of pectoral 
somewhat longer than caudal. Anal short. 
In spirits the body is light brownish yellow, head bluish white with 
darker l)ands; dorsal with a dark spot on membrane following first and 
second spines, dorsal and anal with a Imsal band of brownish; pec- 
toral with a large, elongate, In-ownish spot extending from tip down- 
ward tow ard middle of lower ra3"S, a small black spot on upper edge 
of axil; a trace of two oblique green bands below the pectoral fin. 
Of this species we have a single specimen from Nafa in Okinawa. 
It agrees fairly Avith the original figures of Labrus vlridis and the two 
figures of Jul Is latescens, that of Bloch and that of Brevoort being- 
drawn from specimens presumabl}^ taken at Nafa, the capital of the 
Riukiu Islands or Okinawa province. These figures have been placed 
in the synonymy of the widely diffused Thalassoma lunare^ but our 
specimen does not correspond to accounts of that species and it is 
certain that widely different forms (as Thalassoina duperreyi andverti- 
cale) have been included under the name of Junaris. The name Lahrii-s 
viridis being preoccupied, we adopt the next name in point of date of 
which we feel sure. 
{Jutc.sctJU^ growing ^^ellow.) 
37. THALASSOMA DORSALE (Quoy and Gaimard). 
JuJis dormlk Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, Poiss., 1834, p. 713, pi. xv, 
fig. 5; He de France. — Cuvier and Valexciexxes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, 
p. 449; He de France. — Bleeker, Amboyna, II, p. 564, Amboyna; Alt. 
Ichth., 1862, p. 94, pi. xxxiv, fig. 4; Java, Sumatra, Bawean, Celebes, Flores, 
Amboyna, Banda, New Guinea, etc. — GUnther, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 190; 
Philippines, Hongkong, Aneitum, Fiji, Ceylon, JMozanibique. — Ishikawa, 
. Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 28; Riukiu Islands. 
Spams hardivickei Bennett, Fishes of Ceylon, 1837-1841, pi. xii; Ceylon (not 
Julis hardwickei Gray). 
Julis semifaseiatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, i>. 448; He 
de France. 
,/h?('.s xrostigma Bleeker, Sumatra, II, p. 287; Sumatra. 
D. VIII, 13; A. Ill, 11; .scales in lateral line 21>; in transverse 
series 3 + i^. 
The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is rather 
more than one-fourth of the total. Caudal with the lobes more or less 
produced; ventral pointed. Back with six black crossbars, which 
sometimes extend on the dorsal fin; generally a black longitudinal 
band on the dorsal; a red band along the side of the tail; head with 
broad red bands radiating from the eye; anal tin with a more or less 
