222 BLKNNiyn.c. 



24. Blennius ocellaris. 



Scoi-pioides, Boiidel. vi. cap* 20. p. i'04 (bad) ; Gcsncr, p. 847 : Aldrov. 



p. 110. 

 Blennius (Mesoro), Salv. Aq. p. 217 ; Bellov. p. 221 ; Gcsucr, p. L'iO ; 



Aldrov. p. 203; Jonstoti, i. tit. 3. cap. 1. art. 15. tab. 19. fig. 5; 



Wilhighhj, p. 131. tab. II. 3. fig. 2; Ray, p. 72. 

 Blennius, n. 1, Artnii, Gen. p. 26; Klein, Pise. 3Iiss. v. p. 31. ii. 1. 

 Blennius ocellaris, L. Si/st. i. p. 442; liriinn. Pise. Mass. p. 25; lil. 



taf. 167. lig. 1 ; PL 'iSchn. p. 168 ; Risso, Ichth. Niee, p. 125, ajid 



Par. Merid. iii. p. 229 ; Montag. Wern. Mem. ii. p. 443. pi. 22. 



fig. 2; Martens, Reise nach Venedig, ii. p. 418; Gar. tV Val. xi. 



p. 220 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish.es, 2nd edit. i. p. 253 ; Gar. Rhpie Anim. 



El. Puiss. pi. 77. fig. 1. 



papilio, (L. Gin.) Guichen. Exj)lor. Alg6r. Poiss. p. 70. 



lepus, Lacep. ii. p. 401. 



Adonis pavouinus, Gronov. Sgst. ed. Gray, p. 93. 



D.lIiH. A. 18. Vert.,-il-,. 



The height of the body is nearly eqiial to the length of the head, 

 and four tiroes wd two-thirds in the total. Snout truncated, with 

 the anterior profile vertical. A strong curved tooth in both jaws. 

 Orbital tentacle well developed ; the interorbital space is concave, and 

 its width is much less than the vertical diameter of the eye. The 

 spinous dorsal elevated, rather higher than the body ; the soft not con- 

 tinuous with the caudal. A round black, white-edged spot on the sixth 

 and seventh dorsal spines ; body brownish, with darker cross-bars. 



Mediterranean. Coasts of the Peninsula, France, and South 

 England. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. Spence, R.N. 

 h. Half-grown. Torcross (Devonshire). From the Leach Museum. 



c. Half-grown. South Devonshire. From the Leach Museum. 



d. Adult : skin. South Devonshire. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



e. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



/, g-l, m-q, r, s, t, u, v. Adult and lialf-grown. 

 • IV. Adult : skeleton. 



Skeleton. — The general form and stnicture of the skull is 'he same 

 as in B. gattorugine, the different ridges being somewhat more pro- 

 minent : the interorbital space, which is flat in B. gattorvf/ine, is con- 

 cave ; the posterior portion of the infraorbital ring is bent outwards ; 

 lower jaw longer than broad. There are eleven abdominal and 

 twenty-one caudal vertebra;, the length of the former jjortion being 

 to that of the caudal as 1 : 1 -7. 



25. Blennius galerita. 



Blennius, n. 4, Artedi, Genu'O, p. 27 (not Si/non.) ; Klein, Pwc. 3fiss. 



V. p. 32. 

 galerita, P. Sysf. i. p. 441 ; Bl. Schn. p. 109 ; Motdugu, Wern. 



Mem. i. p. 98. pL 5. fig. 2. 

 montagui, Flem. BrU. Anim.^. 206; Cktv. ScVal \\. p. 234. pi. 322 ; 



Yarr. Brit. Fishes, 2ud edit. i. p. 249, 3rd edit. ii. p. 355 ; Gaiehen. 



Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 72. 



