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7. LABRUS NUBILUS. 



Labrus reticulatus Lowe, "Trans. Zool. Soc, 1837, iii, 11" (Madeira) ; Giinther, iv, 



73 (not Labrus reticulatus Walbaum). 

 Labrus nubilus Valenciennes, "Webb and Berthelot, Exp. lies Canaries, 62." 



Habitat. — Mediterranean Sea and adjacent islands. 



Etymology : Nubilus, cloudy. 



We know this species from Dr. Giinther's description only. It mast 

 be very closely allied to Labrus livens, but Dr. Giinther gives it as dis- 

 tinct. 



The name reticulatus being preoccupied in the genus Labrus, this 

 species, if valid, will stand as Labrus nubilus. 



8. LABRUS VIRIDIS. 



Turdus viridis minor Willughby, p. 320. 



Turdus viridis major Willughby, p. 322. 



Turdus oblong us fuscus maculosus Willughby, p. 323. 



Labrus viridis linea utrinque cwrulea Artedi, Genera, 34 (after Willughby, 320). 



f Labrus oblong us viridis iride aurea Artedi, Genera, 34 ; Synonymia, 57 (after 



Willughby, 322). 

 Labrus viridis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 1758, 286 (after Artedi) ; Cuv. & Val., 



xiii, 75, pi. 370. 

 Labrus luscus Linna3us, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 287 (habitat unknown). 

 ? Labrus turdus Linnaeus, 1. c. 287 (after Artedi). 

 Labrus turdus Cuv. & Val., xiii, 62; Giinther, iv, 72; and of Steindachner, Day, 



Canestrini, and most recent writers. 

 Labrus saphyrinus Walbaum, Artedi, Pisdum, 1792, 236 (after Briiunich). 

 Labrus luteus Walbaum, 1. c. (after Brunnich). 

 Labrus psittacus Lace*pede, iii, 501, 1802 (after L. viridis Linnaeus). 

 Labrus nereus Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810,231. 

 Labrus ziltoides Rafinesque, Caratteri, 38, 1810. 

 Labrus zittus Rafinesque, 1. c. 

 f Labrus porcus Rafinesque, 1. c, 39. 



Labrus prasosticius Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso. -Asiat., iii, 272, 1811. 

 Labrus pincus Nardo, "Prodronius, Adriat. Ichthyol., 21, 96, 1827." 

 Labrus rufus Rathke, " Fauna der Krym., 1839, 337." 



Labrus festivus Risso, Europe M6rid., 1826, 304; Canestrini, Labroides, 1868, 6. 

 Labrus nardii Perugia, "Cat. Pesc. Adriat., 1866" (fide Canestrini). 



Habitat — Coasts of southern Europe, 

 Etymology : Viridis, green. 

 Dr. Steindachner remarks : 



Es unterliegt keinem zweifel, dass auch Labr. festivus, nereus, luscus, viridis uud 

 prasostictus, welche zum grossten Theile noch in den neuesten Werkeu als besondere 

 Arteu angefiihrt sind, mit Labrus turdus zusammenfallen, da Sie nur auf Farbeu- 

 varietiiten letztgenauntcr Art basirt sind, derenjedeim Wiener Museum durch 3-4 

 Exemplare vertreten ist. 



We have accordingly placed these nominal species in the synonymy 

 as above given. The one of the Linnrean names of this species which 

 has the earliest place on the page is Labrus viridis, which is also the 



