992 ON A COLLECTION FROM NORFOLK ISLAND — FISHES, 



ventral fins brown with a ruddy tinge, the last the darkest; pec- 

 torals red with a dark brown basal band. Irides golden and 

 brown. 



The description is taken from two specimens measuring respec- 

 tively 4| and 5 inches. Register numbers of types, I. 1398-9. 



J^ote.— Since the above was written Mr. Etheridge's party— to 

 whom I had shown the earlier examples— has brought home three 

 specimens, the largest of which measures 6| inches, from Lord 



Howe Island. 



2. ScoRPis sp. 



The pair of specimens collected are too young to determine with 

 certainty, but are in all probability S. cequipinnis. 



3. Caranx sp. 



A single specimen, also too young to determine. 



4. Myxus elongatus, Giinth. 

 Two small specimens. 



5. Parma polvlepis, Giinth. 

 Two fine specimens. 



6. Labrichthys luculbntus, Rich. 



Two examples. 



7. Julis lunaris, Linn. 

 Two examples. 



8. CORIS TRIMACULATA, Sp. IIOV. 



B. vi.: D. 9/12: A. 3/12 : V. 1/5: P. 13: C. 14: L. lat. 93-100 r 



L. tr. 10/40. 



Length of head rather more than 4, of caudal fin ^, height of 

 body 4| in the total length. %(;— Diameter \ of the length of 

 the head and equal to that of the snout : interorbital space slightly 

 convex, \ of a diameter of the orbit. Teeth— ^o posterior canine. 

 Fins—T>ov%dX spines weak, the last the longest, about a third of 

 the lensth of the head, and much shorter than the posterior rays : 

 ventral fins short, a little more than half the length of the head, 

 pectorals longer, about two-thirds of the same: caudal rounded. 

 Colours — Pale yellowish-brown; the upper surface of the head 

 purple ; a violet band on the side immediately below the lateral 



