172 LABRIDiE. 



spirits, pearl-coloured) blotch on each side of the belly, below the 

 pectoral ; narrow lines of the same colour descend from the blotch, 

 crossing the belly and ascending to the blotch of the other side. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



a, b. Four and five inches long. 



8. Novacula niundiceps. 

 Xixichthys mimdiceps, GillinProc. Acad. Nat. Sc.Pktlad.lS62, p. 143. 

 D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 2/9. 

 The dorsal fin commences nearly over the middle of the operculum ; 

 its first spine is the shortest. " The profile in front of the eye de- 

 scends downwards in a nearly straight and oblique line at an angle 

 of about 43° to the longitudinal axis of the body, and is nearly par- 

 allel with the praeoperculum." (?) tjniform flesh-coloured, tinged 

 with brown; belly silvery. (Gill.) 



Coasts of Lower California. 

 a-c. Young. Cape St. Lucas. Presented by the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. 



b. Upper edge of the bead rather obtuse. 



9. Novacula tseniums. 



Labius fuscus, Lacep. iii. p. 437. 



Spams hemisphserium, Lacep. iv. pp. 53, IGO. 



brachio, Lacep. iv. pj). 54, 160. 



Labrus tisniurus, Lacep. ui. pp. 448, 518. pi. 29. fig. 1. 

 Xvrichthys ta^niurus, Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 54. pi. 393 (not Bleek.). 



D. ^. A. ^. L, lat. 25. L. transv. 3/9. 



A few rudimentary scales below the orbit. The two anterior 

 dorsal spines are flexible and not produced. Ventral rather short. 

 Brown, each scale with light centre ; belly reddish ; head immacu- 

 late. Dorsal and anal fins with oblique brown spots and stripes ; a 

 deep-black spot between the three anterior dorsal spines; caudal 

 brown, with a broad yellow band across the base ; ventral and axil 

 of the pectoral blackish. 



Mauritius. 

 a. Adult. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



10. Novacula vanicolensis. 



Julia vanicorensis, Qwoy 8f Gaim. Voy.Astrol. Poiss. p. 704. pi. 20. fig.l. 

 Xyrichthys vanicolensis, Cuv. <5r Val. xiv. p. 57, 

 Novacula cepbalotaenia, Bkek. Floris, p. 333. 



tseniurus, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. Manado en Makass. 



p. 62; (not Ctw. 4; Val). 

 Novaculichthys tajniurus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. . tab. 31. fig. 5. 



D. ■^. A. ^. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 3/10. 



A few rudimentary scales below the orbit ; the two first dorsal 



