4] 4 TELEOSTBI. ACANTHOPTEETGII. 



semilunar vertical band on middle of caudal fin. In the adult (/. 

 genivittata) tliere is no light cross band. The pectoral has a dark 

 spot, most intense at edge of fin. 



Hob. Eed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India and beyond. 



1283. (5.) Julis purpurea. 



Scams purpureus, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 27, no. 12. 



Julis purpurea, Day, Fish. India, p. 404, pi. Ixxxvi, fig. 3 (see synon,)- 



Lena-girawah, " Squirrel-parrot," Singhalese : Chilatrasani, Tel. 

 D. 8/13. P. 16. A. 3/11. C. 14. L. 1. 27-28. L. tr. 3-3|/10. 



Length of head 3|, height of body 3| to 4| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 5 to 6| in length of head, 1| to 2| diam. from end 

 of snout, and If to 2 apart. Fins caudal lobes produced in 

 adult. Colour green or blue, with or without irregular pinkish or 

 red bands radiating from the eye ; a red or pink band, often branched 

 above, from opercle to caudal fin, a second of a brownish-violet 

 colour goes along back to upper margin of caudal, and a third 

 along abdomen to lower margin ; sometimes there is a fourth from 

 chest to end of base of anal ; rays of caudal fin green and the mem- 

 brane red and violet. Dorsal green or yellow, with a broad pink 

 blue-edged band along its middle, and sometimes a black spot ante- 

 riorly ; anal green, with a dark basal band ; posterior half of pec- 

 toral blackish. In the variety umbrostyyma the colour is greenish, 

 becoming dull white along lower third of body. Head with black 

 lines and scattered spots. Two reddish lines united by branches 

 along the side of the body. Occiput and body with small vertical 

 brown spots. The dorsal and anal fins are occasionally differently 

 coloured ; each may have a single green band along its middle, or 

 a red band having yellow marks above and below, with a brown 

 blue-edged intramarginal band. 



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

 pelago, China, and beyond. 



1284. (6.) Julis jansenii. 



Julis jansenii, Sleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Ind. Ned. i, Menado,]). 56 ; Bay, 

 Fish. India, p. 405, pi. Ixxxvi, fig. 4. 



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



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

 length. Eyes diameter 6 in length of head, 2| diam. from end 

 of snout, and lg apart. Fins caudal rounded in young, lobes 

 produced in adult. Colour yellow, with from three to five wide 

 black vertical bauds from back down sides. In some specimens the 

 black colour almost hides the yellow, and both are continued on 

 to the dorsal fin. A violet streak from behind opercle on to base 

 of pectoral. Pectoral, ventral, and anal yellowish, the last with a 

 black spot at end of last two rays. 



Hub. Andaman*, Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



