418 SPAKIDJE. 



9. Cantharus lineolatus. 

 Cm. ^ Vol: vi. p. 344. 



•p, 10 .3 



"' Ta- '^- Fa- 

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



lighter spots and lineolated with white ; fins bi-own, sparingly spotted 



with white. (Val.) 

 Indian Ocean. 



2. BOX*. 



Box (Boops), Cuv. Reyne Anim, ; Ciiv. ^ Vol. vi. p. 340. 



In both jaws a single anterior sci'ics of broad incisors, notched at 

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

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

 three. Scales moderate. Six branchiostcgals. Pyloric appendages 

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

 tractus elongate. 



Vegetable feeders. From the Mediterranean ; Western coasts of 

 Europe and Africa ; Caribbean Sea ; one species from the East Indies. 



1. Box vulgaris. 



Bwl, Aristot. ix. cap. 3 ; Ojjjnan, i. p. 5. 



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



Boops, Mondel. v. c. 11. p. 136; Gesner, p. 127; Aldrov. ii. c. 41. 



p. 231 ; Willwjhhy, p. 317 ; Ray, p. 135. 

 Sparus, no. 6, Artccli, Oen. p. 36. 

 boops, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 469 ; L. Gm. p. 1274 ; Briinn. Pise. 



Mass. p. 44 ; Lacep. iv. pp. 97, 99 ; PL Schn. p. 273 ; Risso, Ichth. 



Nice, p. 242 ; Martetis, Reisc nach Timvdiq, ii. p. 424. 

 Box vulgaris, Oiv. ^ Val. vi. p. 348. pi. 161 ; IVhifr, Catal. Brit. 



Fishes, p.' 20; Ciw. Rbgne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 36. f. 1 (not good); 



Guichenot, Explor. Sc. Alyei: Poiss. p. 54. 

 Boops canaripiisis. Valenc. in Webb 8f Berihel. Hist. Nat. lies Cciiar. 



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



D. ii. A.^. L. lat. 75. L. transv. G/13. Ca>c. pylor. 5. 

 Vert. 11/13. 



Body elongate, somewhat cylindrical ; caudal deeply forked. 

 Yellowi.sh ohve, with golden longitudinal bands. 



Mediterranean ; Canary I.slands. Occasionally on the southern 

 coast of England. Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult: stuffed. ^Mediterranean. rurcha.scd of Mr. Argent. 



6. Half-grown. Dalmatia. 



c. Fine specimen. Madeira. From the Hashir Coll'ction. 



(/. Skeleton. Madeira. From the Rev. K. T. Lowe's Collection. 



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



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



(J. Young. Lisbon. 



h. Young. Li.sbon. 



* 1 Hdx sMlpoides, Cuf. t\ Vul ri ]>. "(ii") East Iiiflie.s 



