19G LABRID^. 



Sparus iiiloticiis, Hasselq. Iter Paltrst. p. 387. 



Labrus julis, L. Si/sf. Nat. i. p. 476; SI. taf. 287. fig. 1; Bl. Schn. 



p. 247 ; Lacep. iii. p. 49-3 ; Donov. Brit. Fishes, iv. pi. 96 ; Turt. 



Brit. Faun. p. 99; Jeti. Man. p. 897; Bis.so, Ichth. Nice, p. 227; 



Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 79. 

 Mfeua.'s, Klein, Miss. Pise. v. p. 45. no. 4. tab. 8. fig. 8. 

 Labnis, sp., Gronov. Mus. Ichthyol. ii. sp. 184, and Zoophyl. no. 241. 

 Julis mediteiTanea, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 309 ; Yarr. Brit. Fishes, 



2nd edit. i. p. 344, 3rd edit. i. p. 621. 



speciosa, Risso, Fur. 3Ierid. iii. p. 311 ; Cuv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 375. 



vulgaris, Fleni. Brit. Anim. p. 210 ; Cui\ ^- Val. xiii. p. 361. 



pi. 384; Bonap. Faun. Ital Fesc. pi. fig. 1. 

 ? Julis festiva. Cur. «!y- Val. xiii. p. 374. 

 Julis melanura, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 12. 

 Air-bladder : JDe la Roche, Ann. Mus. xiv. 1809, p. 281. 



D. ^. A.^. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 3/25. Vert. 11/14*. 



The height of the body is oue-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head nearly one-fourth. Anterior dorsal spines somewhat 

 elevated. A posterior canine tooth. A small deep-black spot supe- 

 riorly in the axil of the pectoral ; a blue spot on the extremity of the 

 operculum ; a violet blotch between the three or four anterior dorsal 

 spines. 



Mediterranean ; from the Canary Islands to the south coast of 

 England. 



Var. a. A red band (white in spirits) runs from the scapulary 

 region below the lateral line to the upper h;ilf of the base of the 

 caudal ; a brownish-black cuneiform band below, from the extremity 

 of the operculum to the end of the trunk. Dorsal whitish, with two 

 grej-ish longitudinal lines. 



a, b. Adult. Dalmatia. 



c, d. Adult. Adriatic. 



e. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



/. Half-grown. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



g. Adult : skin. Nice. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



h, h'. Adult. Cannes. Presented by Th. Giinther, M.D. 



i-n. Adult. Gibraltar. From the Haslar Collection. 



0, p. Half-grown. Mediterranean. 



q. Half-grown. Plymouth Sound. Mu.s. Leach. 



r, s-t. Half-grown. 



u-x. Stuffed and skins. 



y. Adult : skeleton. Nice. From the Berlin Museum. 



Var. /3. White band none; sides of the body with a series of nume- 

 rous, short, dark vertical streaks ; dorsal fin whitish. (JiiJis speciosa.) 



z. Adult. Adriatic. 



a. Half-grown. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



/3, y-S. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Adult : skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



* Valenciennes, who states twelve abdominal and nineteen caudal vertebra;, 

 appears to ha\ e examined the skeleton of a very different species. 



