1. lABEITS. 75 



Labrus variegatus, L. Gm. i. p. 1294 ; Lac4p. iii. pp. 442, 508 ; Donov. 



Brit. Fish, i, pi. 21; Bisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 229; Twi. Brit. Faun. 



p. 99 ; Jenyns, Man. p. 394 ; Thomps. Nat. Hist. Irel. iv. p. 124. 

 coquus, Art. Wait. iii. p. 260 ; Lacep. iii. p. 443 ; Turt. Brit. 



Faun. p. 99; Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 209. 



vittatus, Art. Walb. iii. p. 256. 



vetula, Bl. taf. 293 ; Bl. Schn. p. 250 ; Lac4p. iii. o. 447. 



Grammistes variegatus, Bl. Schn. p. 190. 



Sparus formosus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. i. pi. 31 (cop. Ascan.). 



Labrus formosus, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 512. 



pavo, Bisso, Fur. Merid. iii. p. 299 (not Ichth. Nice). 



lineatus, Bisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 220. 



larvatus, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 249. 



Female. 



Labrus carneus, Ascan. Ic. tab. 13 ; Bl. taf, 289 ; Bl. Schn. p. 249 ; 



Parn. Wern. Mem. vii. p. 258, and Fish. Firth of Forth, p. 98. 

 trimaculatus, L. Gm. i. p. 1294 ; Lacep. iii. p. 488 ; Shatv, Nat. 



Misc. xix. pi. 786 ; Bisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 219 ; Donov, Brit. Fish. 



iii. pi. 49 ; Cuv. ^ Vol. xiii. p. 58 ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 99 ; Jen. 



Man. p. 396 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. i. p. 286, 2nd edit. i. p. 320, 3rd edit. 



i. p. 495 ; Guichen. Explor. Alger. I. c. ; Thomps. Nat. Hist. Irel. iv. 



p. 126 ; Delaroche, Ann. Mas. 1809, xiv. p. 281 (air-bladder). 



exoletus, fern., Betz. Faun. Suec. p. 3.35. 



Trimaculated Wrasse, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 218. pi. 46, and edit. 



1812, iii. p. 336. pi. 56. 



Variety of Female. 



Labrus bimaculatus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 477 ; Bl. Schn. p. 261 ; Turt. 



Brit. Faun. p. 99 ; Jen. Man. p. 396. 

 Biniaculated Wrasse, Penn: Brit. Zool. iii. p. 247, and edit. 1812, iii. 



p. 335. 

 Labrus quadrimaculatus, Bisso, Fur, Mirid. iii. p. 302. 



D. ig-J. A. :^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 7/20. Vert. 18/21. 



The height of the body is contained four times and a third or 

 four times and a quarter in the total length, the length of the head 

 three times and a third to three times and a half. The width of 

 the interorbital space is contained once and two-thirds or twice in 

 the length of the snout. Snout elongate, its length being consider- 

 ably more than one-third of that of the head. Caudal and anal 

 and sometimes the other fins with a more or less broad blue margin ; 

 a black or bluish-black oblong spot or band along the base of the 

 anterior dorsal spines. Male with blue ' streaks or a blackish band 

 along the body, sometimes nearly uniform. Female with two or 

 three large black blotches across tlie back of the tail. 



Coasts of Exirope. 



Males. 



Var. a. Body with irregular blue longitudinal streaks ; the lower 

 part of the anterior half or third of the spinous dorsal black ; anal 

 and cauabl fins with blue margins. 



a. Adult : stuflfed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. Spence, 

 R.N. 



