LABEID^E. 413 



1280. (2.) Julis lunaris. 



Labrus lunaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 474. 



Julis luuaris, Day, Fish. India, p. 403, pi. Ixxxvi, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



D. 8/13. P. 14. A. 2/11. C. 14. L. 1. 28. L. tr. 21/10. 



Length of head 4| to 4|, height of body 4 to 4| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 5 in length of head, 1| diain. from end 

 of snout, and 1 apart. Pins caudal deeply lunate in adult. 

 Colour head violet, with several oblique reddish bands ; body 

 green, each scale with a vertical red streak ; an oblong reddish- 

 violet spot on pectoral. Dorsal red, with a blue and yellow margin; 

 anal violet, with a yellow edge ; caudal yellow, its base and lobes 

 green. The young have a black spot at base of dorsal rays, some 

 light blotches along the back, and a black spot at root of caudal fin. 



Hob. Red Sea, east coast of Africa, Andainans, Malay Archi- 

 pelago, China, and Polynesia. 



1281. (3.) Julis amblycephalus. 



Julis amblycephalus, Sleeker, Batavia Nat. TijdscJi. xi, p. 83 ; Dai/, 

 Fish. India, p. 404 (see synon.). 



D. 8/13. P. 14. A. 2-3/11. C. 14. L. 1. 27. L. tr. 2/9. 



Length of head 4j to 5, height of body 5 to 5J in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in length of head, 1| diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 to 1| apart. Fins outer caudal rays pro- 

 duced. Colour upper two thirds of head and body olive-brown, 

 each scale having a vertical streak ; lower third of body white ; a 

 narrow blue dark-edged line from lower angle of orbit to axilla ; 

 a second across angle of preopercle ; a broad triangular spot in axil 

 of pectoral, which fin is yellow with a blackish extremity. Dorsal 

 fin dark anteriorly, becoming a little lighter posteriorly, the soft 

 portion having a narrow white edge ; caudal lobes dark olive. 



Hob. Ceylon to the Malay Archipelago. 



1282. (4.) Julis hebraica. 



Labrus hebraicus, Lacep. H. N. Poiss. iii, pp. 455, 526, pi. xxix, fig. 3. 

 Julis hebraica, Day, Fish. India, p. 404, pi. Ixxxvi, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



D. 8/13. P. 14. A. 2/11. C. 15. L. 1. 27-28. L. tr. 2/9. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, height of body 4 to 4| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 5 to 5^ in length of head, 1 j to 1| diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1 apart. Fins caudal lobes produced in 

 the adult. Colour in the young (J. hebraica) greenish, each scale 

 having a vertical dark mark. A wide violet dark-edged band from 

 eye downwards, a second backwards to base of pectoral, and a 

 third from upper edge of eye to occiput. A buff-coloured dark- 

 edged cross band from first" two dorsal spines to behind ventral. 

 Dorsal fin with a dark ocellus between first and third spines ; a 



