BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 79 



A posterior canine tooth, (absent in young specimens). Beddish 

 olive (in spirits), with some irregular cloudy spots, several forming 

 indistinct cross-bands ; a large round brown patch on the lateral 

 line, below the origin of the soft dorsal fin ; two brown streaks 

 radiate from the orbit to the shoulder and to the operculum, 

 another across the pra3orbital. Anal fin with two brown spots 

 near the base. Cheeks with several series of scales, base of 

 dorsal fin not scaly. 



Port Essington. Botany Bay ? 



695. Labrichthys bothryocosmus, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 53, pi. 31, f. 6-10.— Gnmth., Cat. 



Fishes IV., p. 114. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 27. E. transv. 3/9. 



A posterior canine tooth. Eeddish or greenish-olive (in spirits); 

 a cluster of black spots between the lateral line and the hind part 

 of the spinous dorsal fin. Infraorbital ring with a bluish streak. 

 Dorsal and anal fins with a dark longitudinal band. Dorsal fin 

 not scaly ; cheek with several series of scales. 



South Australia. Tasmania. 



696. Labeichthys psittacula, Eichards. 



Toy. Erebus and Terror, p. 129, pi. 56, f. 7-10.— Gunth., Cat. 



EishesIV., p. 114. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/9. Vert. 9/16. 



A posterior canine tooth. Two anterior canines in each jaw ; 

 cheek entirely scaly below the eye, the scales arranged in four 

 series. Uniform hyacinth-red ; the soft dorsal and anal fins with 

 five or six series of yellow spots ; a few streaks behind the angle 

 of the mouth. 



Tasmania. 



