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shorter and less distinct blue line through upper part of orbit. Caudal olive, with about 
three white cross bands ; a black spot below last dorsal rays, two others on the base of 
the caudal above the lateral line. 
Var. b [412]. Colour bright green; lower parts of the sides with several pale-green 
longitudinal lines, on which there are some black dots. A blue, brown-edged band 
from mouth, below eye, to operculum ; sometimes an ocellated spot at the end of the 
dorsal and on the upper part of the base of the caudal. 
Zanzibar. Mauritius. From East Africa to Australia. 
321. Stethojulis albovittata. [321.] 
Labrus albovittatus, ( Bonnat .) Lacep. iii. pp. 443, 509. 
Julis balteata, Quoy fy Gaim. Voy. Uran. p. 267, pi. 56. f. 1; Cuv. fy Vat. xiii. p. 475. 
Stethojulis albovittata, Giinth. Ann. fy Mag. Nat. Hist. 1861, viii. p. 386, and Fish. iv. p. 141; Bleek. 
Atl. Ichth. p. 132, t. 44. f. 5. 
Colour in life. — Dark olive-green on back, shaded off to white on belly; head 
emerald-green ; the longitudinal stripes are brilliant blue green, becoming deep red 
in spirits, and white or reddish in a dried state ; never red in life. Throat purple. 
Dorsal yellowish, with a white margin ; anal, pectorals, and ventrals colourless ; 
caudal rosy. 
Zanzibar. Madagascar. East-Indian archipelago. Sandwich Islands. 
322. Stethojulis renardi. [351.] 
Renard, i. t. 30. f. 160. 
Julis renardi, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1851, Banda , i. p. 253. 
Stethojulis renardi, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 132, t. 43. f. 2; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 141. 
Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. 
323. Stethojulis interrupta. [593.] 
Julis interrupta, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1851, Banda, i. p. 252. 
Stethojulis interrupta, Giinth. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1861, viii. p. 386, and Fish. iv. p. 142; Bleek. 
Atl. Ichth. i. p. 133, t. 44. f. 4. 
Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. 
324. Stethojulis axillaris. [403.] 
Julis axillaris, Quoy $ Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 272; Cuv. Val. xiii. p. 472. 
Stethojulis axillaris, Bleek, Atl. Ichth. p. 136, t. 44. f. 7 ; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 142. 
Colour in life. — Green, the upper part of head and body densely dotted with lighter ; 
on the lower part each scale has a darker centre ; a yellowish band from the angle of 
mouth below eye, as far as the posterior limb of the operculum ; a brilliant orange 
