196 LABRIDu*:. 



Spams niloticus, Hasselq. Iter Palcest. p. 387. 



Labrus julis, L. Srjst. Nat. i. p. 47fi ; Bl. taf. 287. fig. 1; Bl. Schi. 



p. 247 ; Luc^. iii. p. 403 ; Donor. Brit. Fishes, iv. pi. 96 ; Turt. 



Brit. Faun. p. 99; Jen. Man. p. 397; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 227; 



Gronov. Syst. ed. Oray, p. 79. 

 Msenas, Kleiti, Miss. Pise. v. p. 45. no. 4. tab. 8. fig. 8 

 Labrus, sp., Gronov. Mus. Ichthyol. ii. sp. 184, aud Zoophyl. no. 241. 

 Julis niediterranea, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 309 ; Yarr. Brit. Fishes, 



2nd edit. i. p. 344, 3rd edit. i. p. 521. 



speciosa, Risso, Eur. Mhid. iii. p. 311 ; Ctiv. (^ Val. xiii. p. 376. 



vulgaris, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 210 ; Cuv. <^ Val. xiii. p. 361. 



pi. 384 ; Bona/). Faim. Ital. Peso. pi. fig. 1. 

 ? Julis festiva, Cuv. fy Val. xiii. p. 374. 

 Julis inelanura, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 12. 

 Air-bladder : De la Roche, Ami. Mus. xiv. 1809, p. 281. 



^■v2- ^-h- L. lat. 75. L. transv. 3/25. Vert. 11/14*. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the lengtli 

 of the head nearly one-fourth. Anterior dorsal spines somewhat 

 elevated. A posterior canine tooth. A small deep-black spot supe- 

 riorly in the axil of the pectoral ; a blue spot on the extremity of the 

 operculum ; a violet blotch between the three or four anterior dorsal 

 spines. 



Mediterranean ; from the Canary Islands to the south coast of 

 England. 



Var. a. A red band (\^hite in spirits) runs from the scapulary 

 region below the lateral line to the upper half of the base of the 

 caudal ; a brownish-black cuneiform band below, from the extremity 

 of the operculum to the end of the trunk. Dorsal whitish, with two 

 greyish longitudinal lines. 



a, b. Adult. Dalmatia. 



c, d. Adult. Adi'iatic. 



e. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



/. Half-grown. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



g. Adult : skin. Nice. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



h, h'. Adxilt. Cannes. Presented by Th. Giinther, M.D. 



ir-n. Adult. Gibraltar. From the Haslar Collection. 



o,p. Half-grown. Mediterranean. 



g*. Half-grown. Plymouth Sound. Mus. Leach. 



r, s-t. Half- grown. 



u-.v. Stuffed and skins. 



y. Adult : skeleton. Nice. From the Berlin Museum. 



Var. /3. White band none; sides of the body with a series of nume- 

 rous, ahort, dark vertical streaks ; dorsal fin whitish. (Julis speciosa.) 



z. Adult. Adriatic. 



a. Half-grown. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



/3, y-3. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Adult : skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



* Valenciennes, who states twelve abdominal and nineteen caudal vertebra, 

 appears to have examined the skeleton of a very different species. 



