260 report— 1845. 



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 pcecilopterus, F. J. 86. bis, f. 1. Icon. Reeves, 233 ; Hardw. 299. 

 Bad. D.9|13vell4; A.2|14; C.llf ; P.12; V.l|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 on 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 

 a red streak. The lateral stripe is almost black in the dried specimen. Length of specimen 

 8£ 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 lunaris, Lin. (Labrus) ; C. et V. xiii. p. 409. Labrus lutescens et 

 L. lorius, Solander, MSS. Icon. Parkins. Bib, Banks, 47. L. gallus, 

 Forskal. L. zeylonicus, Penn. Ind. Zool. p. 56. pi. 16. Julis hardwickii, 

 Gray, Must. Ind. Zool. pi. 9. Icon. Reeves, a. 30 ; Hardw. 300. Bad. 

 D. 8|13; A. 2|11 ; C. 11J-; P. 14; V. l|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 t Mauritius. 





