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culum, and another on the middle of the root of the caudal fin. 

 Three large brownish blotches along the base of the dorsal fin, three 

 others along that of the anal, and a similar one on the basal half of 

 the ventral. (Nordm.) 

 Sfcbastopol. 



Probably only a variety of C. ocellatus. 



12. Crenilabroa rostratus. 



Lutjanus rostratus, Block, taf. 2o4 fig. 2. 



rubescens, Hmo, Ichth. Nice, p. 271. 



virescens, Risso, I. c, p. 280. 



lamarckii, Rmo, I. c. p. 281. pL 9. fig. 29. 



Coricus rostratus, Cut. 8f Vol. xiiL p. 256. pi. 376 ; Cuv. Rkgne Anim. 



lU. Poisi. pL 88. fig. 1 ; Guiclien. Explor. Alger. Pr/ins. p. 89 ; Nordm. 



in Dernid. Voy. Muss. M6rid. iii. p. 463, Poiss. pi. 20. fig. 2. 



lamarckii, Risso, Eur. Merid. lii. p. 832. 



mbescens, Risso, I. c. p. 3-^3. 



virescens, Risso, I. c. p. 332 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesce, pi. fig. 4. 



brama, Nordm. I. c. p. 464. pi. 20. fig. 1. 



D. "'-'"' '\ A.^. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/11. Tert. 13/18. 



A black spot anteriorly on the dorsal fin ; head, body and spinous 

 dorsal with brown dots. 

 Mediterranean. 



a. Fine specimen. Dalmatia. 



b-c, d. Adult and half-grown. Trieste. From the BerHn Museum. 



e. Adult, iilalta. From the Haslar Collection. 



/, y-i. Adult and half-grown. Cannes. Presented by Th. Giinther, 



M.D. 

 k-l. Adult : bad state. Old Collection. 

 m-n. Adult : stuffed : bad state. 



13. Crenilabms tinea. 



Labrufl tinea, Briinn. Pise. Mass. no. 70 ; Bl. Schn. p. 256. 

 Lutjanus tinea, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 270. 



CrenUabrufl tinea, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 315 ; Cuv. 8f Vol. xiii. 

 p. 199 ; Guichen. ExpU/r. Alyer. Poiss. p. 87. 



D. j|. A.|-. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 3/11. 



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

 tainecl thrice and three-fourths in the total. Cheek with three 

 series of small scales, the scaly part below the eye being as high as 

 the orbit ; the length of the snout is rather more than one-third of 

 that of the head. A broad {m spirits, brown) band runs from the 

 snout through the eye to the upper portion of the base of the caudal ; 

 it is bordered by a silvery band above and below, the lower of these 

 silvery bands preceding from the angle of the mouth to the lower 

 half of the base of the caudal ; the black caudal spot is small and 



