51O 



PARTERRE LABRUS. 



Labrus Hortulanus. L. corpore caudaquc striis decussatu f 



macula inter singulas areolas. 

 Labrus with body and tail marked by decussating stripes, and 



a spot in each division. 

 L. Parterre. Cepede. 



MENTIONED by Cepede from Commerson, who 

 observed it in the Indian seas. 



PARRAKEET LABRUS. 



Labrus Psittaculus. L. viridis, fasdis vtrinque tribus fongi- 

 tudinalibus rubns, pinna dorsalijtava, fascia longitudinali rubra. 



Green Labrus, with three longitudinal red stripes on each side, 

 and yellow dorsal fin marked by a longitudinal red band. 



L. Perruche. Cepede. 



A BEAUTIFUL species : over each eye a black 

 streak^ and a red band bordered with blue from the 

 eye to the beginning of the dorsal fin, and along 

 the edges of the gill-covers : anal fin yellow, with a 

 red border : tail yellow, with four or five curved 

 transverse bands of red and blue : native of the 

 American seas : described by Cepede from a draw- 

 ing by Plumier. 



