1. LABRU8. 73 



Labrus livens, Brilnn. Pise. Mass. p. 53 (not L.). 



Scarus, STp., Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 228. 



Labrus ossiphagus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 223 (not Z.). 



lividus, Cuv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 87. 



limbatus, Cuv. % Val. xiii. p. 89. 



Scarus viridis, Gronov. Syst, ed. Gray, p. 63. 



D. i^. A. ^^. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 6/14. Vert. 18/20. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is con- 

 tained thrice and three-fourths in the total. The width of the 

 interorhital space is two-thirds of the extent of the snout, which is 

 one-third of the length of the head. The length of the longest ray 

 of the soft dorsal fin equals the length of its base. Uniform brown 

 (in spirits), or greenish-olive with some obscure blackish blotches. 



Mediterranean. 

 Of. Adult female. Cannes. Presented by Th. Giinther, M.D. 

 h. Adult. Nice. From the Berlin Museum, 

 c, d. Adult. Egypt. From Mr. Petherick's Collection. 

 e. Half-gro^Ti. Mediterranean. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 /. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 

 CI. Young : stuffed. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



6. Labrus reticulatus 



? Labrus nereus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 231, and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 302 ; 



Cuv. <^ Val. xiii. p. 78. 

 Labrus reticulatus, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 11, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1839, p. 85. 

 nubilus, Valenc. in Webb i^ Berthel. Res Canar. Poiss. p. 62. 



D. If. A. |. L. lat. 43. L. transv. '^. 



The height of the body is contained four times or three times and 

 two-thirds in the total length, and equals the length of the head. 

 The width of the interorhital space is two-thirds of the extent of 

 the snout, which is one-third of the length of the head. The longest 

 dorsal ray is longer than the base of the soft dorsal fin (in adult 

 specimens). Brownish, reticulated with dark chestnut-brown lines, 

 each scale having a pale centre ; irregular dark-brown spots on the 

 side of tbe snout and behind the orbit. Vertical fins immaculate or 

 spotted. 



Mediterranean. Madeira. 



a. Seventeen inches long : stuffed. Madeira. From the Rev. E.. T. 



Lowe's Collection. — Tyjje of the species. 

 h. Fifteen inches long. Madeira. From the Rev. R. T. Lowe's 



Collection. 



c. Seven inches long. Mediterranean. From the Haslar Collection. 



d. Five inches long. Alexandria. From the Berlin Museum. — 



This specimen has a very distinct silvery longitudinal band, as 

 in L. turdus ; traces of which, and the brown edges on the snout 

 are still visible in specimen c. The prajopcrculum is finely but 

 very distinctly serrated. — D. jf . * 



