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Julia giofredi Cuv. & Val., xiii, 371, pi. 385. 



Coris giofredi Giinther, iv, 19G. 



t Labrus doncella Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 39. 



Labrus ceitii Rafinesque, Indice, 1810, 54. 



Juli8 mediterranea Risso, Eur. Mdrid., iii, 309, 1826 ; aud of some authors. 



Julis mediterranea vars. viridula et pallidula Risso, 1. c. 



Julis speciosa, Risso, 1. c. 311. 



Julis speciosa var. unicolor, Risso, 1. c. 



Julis vulgaris Fleming, British Animals, 1828, 210; Cuv. & Val., xiii, 361. 



Julis f estiva Cuv. & Val., xiii, 374, 1839. 



Julis melanura, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, iii, 12 (Madeira). 



Habitat. — Shores of southern Europe, north to England. 



Etymology: Ioohq, ancient name of some small violet-colored fish, 

 from lovj violet. 



This beautiful little fish is generally common in the waters of south- 

 ern Europe and the Madeira Islands. The females were for a consider- 

 able time thought to represent a distinct species Coris (or Julis) giofredi. 

 Besides this sexual variation, there is much individual variation in the 

 color of specimens. Our specimens are from Palermo and from the 

 shores of France. 



Genus XVI. -LEPTO JULIS. 



Leptojulis Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, 412, cganopleura. 



Type : Leptojulis cyanopleura Bleeker. 



Etymology : Aenroq, slender; Julis, an allied genus. 



This genus consists, so far as known, of three species of brightly 

 colored Labroids, two of them found in the East Indies, the other on 

 the west coast of South America. 



ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN SPECIES OF LEPTOJULIS. 



a. [Four rows of scales between the lateral line and first dorsal spine; two anterior 

 canines in upper jaw much longer than the outer ones; outer canines of lower 

 jaw little longer than the inner ones, which are somewhat shorter than the 

 opposite ones of the upper jaw ; caudal rounded, the outer rays somewhat pro- 

 longed; general color brownish yellow ; a large (in some specimens small) blotch 

 under the fifth scale of the lateral line, this blotch being surrounded by a blue 

 shade or by blue dots ; a second blotch on and partly over the last scale of the 

 lateral line ; several blue radiating lines about the eye ; on the cheeks and opercle 

 brownish wave-like lines, with single golden red spots and dashes upon the back 

 of head and the upper part of the opercle ; dorsal plain golden white, colored 

 like the anal ; the latter with the longitudinal faint narrow brown stripe ; caudal 

 yellowish green, a bright red stripe running over the center of each row of scales. ] 

 D. IX, 11 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 4-27-9. (JSTnerand Steindachner) Bimaculatus, 40. 



40. LEPTOJULIS BIMACULATUS. 



Leptojulis bimaculatus Kner and Steindachner, Neue Fische aus dem Museum Godef- 

 froy, Hamburg, 23, 1866 (Chili). 



Habitat. — Coast of Chili. 



Etymology : Bimaculatus, two-spotted. 



This species is known from the origiual description only. 



