23. soLEA. 469 



typical specimen is stated to be from Borneo, I doubt whether this 

 is correct. Sir E. Belcher has collected also on the N.W. coast of 

 Africa. 



B. Pectorals of both aides very smaU. 

 12. Solea variegata. 



Pole panach^e, Duham. ill. sect. 9. p. 259. pi. 2. fig. 3. 

 Pleuronectes variegatus, Donov. pi. 117. 



microchirus, Delaroche, Ann. Mm, xiii. p. 356. fig. 2. 



Monochir microchir, Cuv. Regne Anim. 

 Pleuronectes mangili, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. JlO. 



lingula, Perm. Brit. Zool. ed. 1812, iii. p. 313. pi. 48. 



Rhombus mangili, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 255. 



Pleuronectes fasciatus, Naccari, Giorn. Pis. Pav. iii. Adr. Itt. p. 9. 



Solea mangilii, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesce; Canestr. Arch. Zool. i. p. 29. 



tav. 3. fig. 3. 

 Monochirus lingula, Costa, Faun. Nap. ii. p. 50. 

 variegatus, Thomps. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 404 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 



2nd edit. ii. p. 353, and 3rd edit. i. p. 664. 



D. 63-73. A. 53-57. L. lat. 85. Vert. 10/30. 



The height of the body is contained twice and three-fourths in the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head five times and 

 a half. The width of the interorbital space equals the vertical 

 diameter of the eye. None of the nostrils dilated. Pectoral of the 

 coloured side very small, its length being two-ninths of that of 

 the head ; that of the blind side minute. Brownish-grey, with 

 darker cross-bands, which are darkest ot the dorsal and anal fins, 

 where they form a series of about six blotches, the anterior of which 

 occupy the base, the posterior the middle of those fins. Gill-rakers 

 rudimentary. 



Mediterranean. British coasts. 



a. Adult : dried. Falmouth. Presented by W. J. Cocks, Esq. 



b-f. Adult and half-grown : skins and stuffed. Plymouth. 



g. Adult : skin. South Devon. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 



Ji-i. Adult : stuffed. British. 



k-l. Adult. England. 



m-s. Adult, half-grown, and young : skins. From Mr. YarreU's and 



Dr. PameU's Collections. 

 /. Adult : skeleton : not good state. British. 



13. Solea lutea. 



Pleuronectes luteus, lidsso, Ichth. Nice, p. 312. 

 Rhombus luteus, Ptsso, Fur. Merid. iii. p. 257. 

 Pleuronectes trichodactylus, Naccari, Ichth. Adr. p. 11. 

 Monochirus luteus, Costa, Faun. Nap. ii. p. 49. 



Solea lutea, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesce ; Canestr. Arch, Zool. i. p. 32. 

 tav. 3. fig. 4. 



D. 65-70. A. 50-56. P. dextr. 5, sin. 3. L. lat. 60. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (without 



