76 LABEID-S:. 



h. Adixlt. English coast. Presented by Messrs. Oliffe &, Cole. 



c-f, Adult: stuffed and skins. British coast. 



g. Adult. Dalmatia. 



h. Adult. 



i. Adult: skeleton. 



Var. /3. Body nfearly uniform ; the lower part of nearly the entire 

 spinous dorsal black ; anal and caudal fins with blue margins. 



Tc-l. Adult: stuffed. 

 m. Adult. 



Var. y. Yellow : head, back of the trunk, and anterior portion of 

 the spinous dorsal fin blackish - violet ; head with some irregular 

 blue streaks. Vertical fins and pectorals with blue margins. (Labrus 

 larvatus, Lowe.) 



n-o. Fine i^pecimens. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 p. Fine specimen. Cannes. Presented by Th. Giinther, M.D. 



Var. I. Greenish : head, back of the trunk, and anterior portion 

 of the spinous dorsal brownish, the former with irregular bluish 

 lines ; a broad brown longitudinal band to the base of the caudal 

 fin. Vertical fins with blue margins. 



0. Fine specimen. London market. Presented by Messrs. J. & C. 



Grove. 

 r-u. Adult and half-grown : stuffed and skins. Plymouth. 

 V. Half-grown: skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection as Labrus 



lineatus. 



Females. 



Var. e. Like var. d, but with two or three rather indistinct dark 

 spots on the back of the tail. 

 u;-al Half-grown : skins. Plymouth. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 



y. Adult : stuffed. Killough, Ireland. 



Var. ^. Red or reddish, with one to three large black spots on 

 the back of the tail ; a blackish spot anteriorly on the spinous dorsal 

 fin ; vertical fins edged with bli^e. 

 2. Half-grown: stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. 



Spence, R.N. 

 a. Adult: skin. South Devon. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 /3. Half-grown. Swansea. Mus. Leach. 

 y. Adult : stuffed. English coast. 



S. Fine specimen. Cannes. Presented by Th. Giinther, M.D. 

 e. Half-grown. Malta. Presented by Capt. Strickland, R.N. 

 4'. Adult. Dalmatia. 

 rj. Adult. Adriatic. 

 H. Half- grown. Mediterremean. 



1, K. Half-grown. 



A. Half- grown: stuffed. 



u. Young : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 For descriplion of Skeleton, see p. 09. 



