108 LABEID^. 



.11. Cossjrphus eclancheri. 

 Cossyphus eclancheri, Valenc, Voy. Venm,Zool. p. 340, Poiss. pi. 8. fig. 2. 

 D. •-^ A. 1. L. lat. 32. 



10 12 



Snout pointed, with the upper profile slightly concave ; head longer 

 than high ; dorsal and anal fins produced, caudal emarginate. Ver- 

 milion, with two large, irregular black blotches, the anterior on the 

 first six dorsal sinnes, the posterior extending over the whole soft 

 dorsal and over a portion of the back of the tail. ( Val.) 



Galapagos Islands. 



12. Coss3rplius mfas. 



Aipi mixira, Mcircgr. pp. 145, 146. 



Perro Colorado, Parra, p. 3. lam. 3. fig. 1. 



Turdus flavus, Cateshy, ii. tab. 11. fig. 1. 



rufus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 475 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1287 ; Bl Schn. p. 244 ; 



Lacep. iii. p. 427. 

 Bodianus bodianiia, Bl. iv. p. 33. tab. 223 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 569. 

 Lutjanus verres, Bl. taf. 255; Bl. Schn. p. 243; Lacep. iv. p. 209. 

 Sparus falcatus, Bl. taf. 258; Bl. Schti. p. 269; Lacep. iv. pp. 39, 127 ; 



Sha^o, Zool. iv. p. 409. pi. 58. 

 Bodianus blochii, Lacep. iv. pp. 279, 290. 

 Hai-pe coeruleo-aiu-eus, Lacep. iv. pp. 426, 427. pi. 8. tig. 2. 

 Labrus semiruber, Lac&p. iii. p. 428 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 487. 

 Spams verres, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 414. 

 Cossyphus bodianus, Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 103. 

 ven'es, Castehi. Anim. nouv. ou rares Amer. Sml, p. 27. 



D. '^. A. ^^. L. lat. 32. L. traasv. 5/13. 



Snout pointed, its length being more than one-third of that of 

 the head ; head longer than high ; upper lip thick, with folds ; prse- 

 operculum not serrated ; the soft dorsal and anal, the ventrals, and 

 sometimes the caudal lobes produced. Yellowish, the upper parts 

 backwards to the origin of the soft dorsal fin reddish-brown ; some- 

 times more uniform. 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. St. Helena. 



a. Adult. ? Cuba. From Mr. Gerrard's Collection. 



h. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir E. Schomburgk. 



c. Half-grown : bad state. Bahia. From Dr. 0. Wucherer's Col- 



lection. 



d. Adult: skin. Jamaica. 



e-i. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



13. Cossyphus pulchellus. 

 Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 208. 



^- g3T5- ^- 12-13- 

 Snout pointed, head longer than high, lips thick, prasoperculum 

 finely denticulated ; the soft dorsal and anal, the ventrals, and the 



