35. coKis. 197 



Var. y. like var. fl, but dorsal fin blackish. (Julis melanura.) 



^, jj. Fine specimens. Madeira. 



0. Adiilt : skeleton. Madeira. From the Collection of the Zoolo- 



gical Society. 



Var. S. White band none ; a cuneiform dark lateral band, below 

 which the sides are silvery ; dorsal fin whitish. 



1. Half-grown. 



2. Coris gioft'edi. 



Labrus giofredi, Bisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 228. pi. 9. tig/ 23. 

 Jidis giofredi, Itisso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 310 ; Cuv. 8f Vol. xiii. p. 371. 

 pi. 385 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Peso. pi. tig. 2 (not good). 



D. ^^. A. ^. L. lat. 75-80. L. transv. 3/24. 



The height of the body is one-fifth or a little less than one-fifth 

 of the total, the length of the head rather more than one-fourth. 

 Anterior dorsal spines not elevated. A black spot superiorly in the 

 axil of the pectoral ; operculum with a bluish-black spot ; a dark 

 band. from the snout through the eye and the extremity of the opercle 

 to the base of the caudal ; sides of the body below the band and belly 

 silvery, with a more or less distinct yellowish longitudinal band. Fins 

 immaculate. 



Mediterranean. South coast of England. 



o. Adult. Madeira. Presented by J. Y. Johnson, Esq. 



b. Adult. Azores. From the Collection of Madame Ida Pfeiffer. 



0. Adult. Mediterranean. 



d-g. Adult : stuffed. Lisbon. Purchased of Mr. Turner. 

 h, i, k. Many specimens. Malta. 



1. Adult. Nice. From the Berlin Museum. 



m-o. Adult and half-grown : skins. Leghorn. From Mr. Yarrell's 



Collection. 

 p, q, r. Half-grown. South Devonshire. Mus. Leach, 

 s. Adult. 



3. Coris atlantica. 



D. f:y A, j^. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 4/25. Vert. 11/14. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. Anterior dorsal spines not elevated, in- 

 creasing in length posteriorly, pungent ; the sixth or seventh is the 

 longest, two-fifths of the length of the head. Caudal rounded ; the 

 first ventral ray is much produced, not quite so long as the head, and 

 extending backwards to the vent. Colours in .spirits : olive, with two 

 broad, dark longitudinal bands, one along the back, and darkest be- 

 fore the dorsal, the other from the pectoral to the middle of the root 

 of the caudal ; head with a narrow brown streak from the eye to the 

 scapulary region, bifurcate posteriorly ; a black spot at the extremity 

 of the operculum. Dorsal and anal yellowish, with a narrow blackish 

 edge, and with a broad violet band along the middle. Corners of the 



