252 ORDER ACANTHOPTERYG1I. 



white beneath ; every where chequered with fawn- 

 colour, which sometimes becomes general l . 



L. variegatus, Gm. L. Uneatus, Pen. xlv. copied 

 Encycl. 402. One or more clouded, irregular dark 

 bands along the flank, on a ground more or less 

 reddish ; sixteen or seventeen spines in the dorsal, 

 which is marked with a dark spot in front 2 . 



L. carneus, BL, and L. trimaculatus, L. Reddish ; 

 three black spots on the posterior part of its back. 



L. turdus, Gm., Salvian. 87. Green, more or less dis- 

 tinct ; scattered spots, sometimes resembling mother- 

 of-pearl, sometimes brown ; frequently a nacred band 

 along the flank 3 . 



L. merida, Gm., Salvian. 87. Black, more or less 

 bluish ; the dorsal of these three species contains from 



1 The Vieille tachelee, was indicated by Lacepede, under the 

 name of Labre neustrien. It is possible that the Labrus maculatus, 

 Bl. 294 r was a bad figure of it, taken from a dried specimen, whose 

 colours had been entirely changed. The Labrus tinea, Shaw, Nat. 

 Misc. 426, and Gen. Zool. iv. pi. ii. p. 499, is a beautiful variety, 

 red spotted with white, but is not the tinea of Linnseus. The Lab. 

 ballan, Penn. 44, copied Encyc. 400, is the fawn-coloured variety. 

 The L. comber, Penn. XL. ii. copied Encyc. 405, is a red variety, 

 with a suite of white spots along the flank. 



2 The only good drawing of this fish is that of Pennant ; I suspect 

 the Lubr. vctula, Bl. 293, to be an altered figure of the same ; it is 

 in the nuptial season the Turdus perbelle jnctus, of Willough. 322 ; 

 and the Sparus formosus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. 



3 I am of opinion that the Lab. viridis, and the Lab. luscus, Lin., 

 are varieties of this turdus, which is subject to great changes of 

 colour. The L. viridis, Bl. 282, is a Julis, Cuv., and differs from 

 that of Linnseus. 



