BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 89 



718. Labbichthys maculata, n. sp. 



Height of body one-fourth of the total length, snout little 

 longer than the diameter of the eye ; teeth acute, the two anterior 

 of the lower jaw received between the anterior two of the upper. 

 Head rugose ; two series of scales on the cheek ; scales of the 

 lateral line twenty-five, the tubes divided at their extremity into 

 three or four branchlets until near the tail ; scales extending on 

 the dorsal and caudal fins. Colour (in spirits) reddish-brown, 

 with a distinct black spot on each scale on the operculum and 

 upper part of the body : the spots becoming smaller below the 

 middle, and disappearing towards the belly. A large black 

 blotch across the upper part of the tail behind the dorsal fin ; the 

 anal fin is margined with black. 



King George's Sound. Length four inches. 



719. Labbichthys melanuba, n. sp. 



Height of body about a-third of the total length ; snout rather 

 pointed ; eye small ; a strong posterior canine tooth ; anterior 

 ones moderate ; five series of scales on the cheek below the eye ; 

 scales on the operculum as large as those on the body. L. lat. 

 26 ; the under profile of the body more convex than the upper ; 

 scales extending a little on the dorsal fin, and for quite one-third 

 on the caudal ; the latter is truncate. Colour (in spirits) 

 yellowish, with a brownish centre to every scale, darkest above 

 the lateral line ; three parallel dark streaks extend from the 

 hinder part of the orbit to the end of the operculum ; a small 

 black spot on the upper part of the root of the pectoral fin ; a 

 broad brownish band occupies the second third of the caudal ; 

 a faint trace of a dark bank on the dorsal and anal fins, and a 

 dark spot on the second and third spine of the former. 



Port Jackson. Length six inches. 



720. Labbichthys bubicunda, n. sp. 

 D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 25. 



