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docs not, however, describe the form of the head, and we are informed 

 by Mr. G. A. Bouienger that in the specimens in the British Museum 

 the form of the head is much as in Coriens rostratus (Symphodus scina). 

 We do not think that the Labrus tinea either of Risso or of Briinnich 

 can be our species. Their descriptions apply better to Symphodus scina 

 which also has the vent black, and which is green, without distinct 

 lateral bands. Our species is, of course, not the Labrus tinea of Liu- 

 nauis, and it can not retain the specific name of tinea. 



We have given to it the new name of Symphodus doderleini, in honor 

 of our excellent friend Prof. Pietro Doderlein of the University of 

 Palermo. 



The numerous specimens in our possession were sent by the museum 

 at Paris, and probably came from the neighborhood of Marseilles. 



16. SYMPHODUS PIRCA. 



Labrus species, Dalmatinis Pirca, etc., Briinnich, Iclith. Massiliensis, 97, 1768. 

 Labrus pirca Walbaum, Arteeli Piscium, 1792, 265 (after Briinnich). 

 Crenilabrus bailloni Cav. & Val. xiii, 191, 373, 1839; Giinther iv, 84; and of recent 

 writers. 



Habitat. — Mediterranean fauna. 



Etymology : Pirca, a Dalmatian name, a corruption of the Latin perca, 

 perch, from lHpxr), derived by Rondelet from IJipxaivatv to be of diverse 

 colors. 



We have not seen this species, which seems to be rather rare in the 

 Mediterranean. The description given by Briinnich of his Labrus called 

 Pirca in Dalmatia, and which he thinks may be a variety of his No. 73 

 (S. coeruleovittatus), agrees very closely with this species. We have 

 therefore substituted the name "pirca" for " bailloni." Faber gives 

 " Spirca" as the Dalmatian vernacular name for S. melops. 



17. SYMPHODUS OCELLARIS. 



? Labrus ocellaris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 1758, 285. 



Labrus tinea Brfinnich, Ichth. Mass. 55, No. 70 (and of Risso, 1810, not of Linnaeus). 



? Labrus corpore oliracco lineato, pinna dorsali postice unimaculata, Briinnich, Ichthyol. 



Massil., 1768, 57, No. 73. 

 Labrus corpore rubescenle nigro vario, Briinnich, Ichthyol. Massil. 1768, 59, No. 76. 

 Labrus cceruleov it talus Bonnaterre, Encycl. Mcth., 1788, 117 (after Briinnich, No. 73). 

 Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1295 (after Briinnich, No. 73). 

 Labrus gutiatus Bonnaterre, Encycl. Mcth., 1788, 118; Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1296 



(after Briinnich, No. 76). 

 Labrus erithrophthalmus Walbaum, Artcdi Piscium, 1792, 263 (after Briinnich, No. 73). 

 ? Labrus garcetto Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, 1792, 250 (after Seba). 

 Labrus quinquemaculatns Bloch, Ichthyol., taf.,291, 1792. 

 Crenilabrus quinquemaculatns Giinther, iv, 82; and of most recent writers. 

 f Labrus flavescens Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801,260 (after Seba.). 

 Labrns rubens Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 256 (after Briinnich, No. 76) . 

 Labrus massiliensis Lac6pede, iv, 222, 1803 (after Briinnich, No. 73). 

 Lutjanus roissali Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810,276. 

 Crenilabrus roissali Cuv. & Val., xiii, 205 ; and of authors. 



