418 SrAEID.E. 



y. Cantharus lineolatiis. 



Cut. ■S,- Vid. vi. p. 344. 



13 13 



Body ovate ; praeorlntal narrow ; caudal truncated. Brown, with 

 lighter spots and lincolatcd with wliite ; fins brown, sparingly spotted 

 with white. {VaJ.) 



Indian Ocean. 



2. BOX*. 



Box (Boops), Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. i^- Val. vi. p. 346. 



In both jaws a single anterior series of broad incisors, notched at 

 the cutting margin ; no molars. Clieeks scaly. The dorsal spines 

 (eleven to fifteen) can be received into a scaly sheath ; anal spines 

 three. Scales moderate. Six branchiostegals. Pyloric appendages 

 in small number ; air-bladder with two horns posteriorly. Intestinal 

 tractus elongate. 



Vegetable feeders. From the Mediterranean ; Western coasts of 

 Eiu'ope and Afiica ; Caribbean Sea ; one species from the East Indies. 



1 . Box vulgaris. 



Bcb^, Aristot. ix. cap. 3 ; O^yinan, i. p. 5. 



Box, Plin. xxxii. cap. 11 ; lidlon. p. 230. 



Boops, Rondel, v. c. 11. p. 13(3; Gcsner, p. 127; Aldrov. ii. c. 41. 



p. 231 ; Willughhy, p. 317 ; Rmj, p. 135. 

 Sparus, no. 6, Artecli, Gen. p. 36. 

 boops, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 469 ; L. Gm. p. 1274 ; Briinn. Pise. 



3Iass. p. 44 ; Lacq). iv. pp. 97, 99 ; Bl. Schn. p. 273 ; Risso, Ichth. 



Nice, p. 242 ; Martens, Reise narh Tenedig, ii. p. 424. 

 Box vulgaris, Cin: ^- Val. vi. p. 348. pi. "KU ; imtc, Catal. Brit. 



Fishes, p. 20; Cni\ Regne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 36. f. 1 (not good); 



Guichenot, JExplor. Sc. Alger. Poiss. p. 54. 

 Boops canariensis, Valenc. in Webb ^- Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iks Canar. 



Poiss. p. 36. pi. 10. f. 1. 



D. ||. A. ■^. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 6/13. Cac. pylor. 5. 

 Vert. 11/13. 



Body elongate, somewhat cylindrical ; caudal deeply forked. 

 Yellowsh olive, with golden longitudinal bands. 



Mediterranean ; Canaiy Islands. Occasionally on the southern 

 coast of England. Caribbean Sea. 



rt. Adult : stuffed. Mediterranean. Purchased of Mr. Argent. 

 h. Half-grown. Dalmatia. 



c. Fine specimen. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



d. Skeleton. Madeira. From the Rev. 11. T. Lowe's Collection. 



e. Half-grown : sldn : not good state. Santa Cruz (Teneriffc). 

 /. Adult. Lisbon. Presented by P. Hough, Esq. 



r/. Young. Lisbon. 

 h. Young. Lisbon. 



* 1. Box siilpoidos, Cue. <j- J'td. vi. p. 305. — East Indies. 



