inclined to fuppofe that Linnaeus, thro* a lapfus ca¬ 
lami, committed this miftake in writing the gene¬ 
ric characters, and that it has been erroneoufly thus 
printed in iheSyflemaNaturae. Dr. Bloch’s characters 
are more fimpie, and ofcourfe, lefs liable to miflead. 
The Labrus Tinea, frequently found in the Eu¬ 
ropean Teas, varies much in color : the fpecimen re- 
prefented on the prefent plate, of about half the na¬ 
tural fize, exhibits one of the richeft varieties, and 
is far fuperior to thofe which are generally feen. It 
does not occur in the fplendid publication of Dr. 
Bloch, nor does it indeed feem to have been any 
where reprefented with a fufficient degree of exact- 
nefs. 
