BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 85 



half of the body. The pectoral fins are of a brilliant orange 

 yellow ; the spinous dorsal is of the same colour, and the soft is 

 dark and almost Hack ; the caudal olive. 



Hobart Town. 



709. Labrichtiiys Bostockii, Casteln. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, Vol. II., p. 53. 



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



Like L. tetricus. A small posterior canine tooth ; two large 

 anterior ones in each jaw ; cheeks with two series of indistinct 

 scales ; head covered with minute tubercles ; caudal fin truncate, 

 the upper ray longer than the others ; the dorsal and anal 

 prolonged posteriorly ; the arbuscles of the lateral line more 

 complicated than in tetricus. Colour (in spirits) is dark purplish 

 red ; the fins are lighter ; the base of the dorsal black. 



West Australia. Length seven and a-half inches. 



710. Labrichtiiys edelexsis, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. II., p. 137. 



Allied to L . imnctulata ; scales of the operculum as large as 

 those of the body ; prreoperculum almost naked, with one line of 

 scales ; the arbuscles of the lateral line are much ramified and 

 cover the scales ; no scales on the base of the dorsal fin ; a posterior 

 canine tooth ; body more convex than in most of the genus, with 

 the scales covered with strong transverse stride. Colour uniform 

 brown, with the fins yellow ; no spots. 



Western Australia. Length eight inches. 



711. Labriciithys uxicolor, Casteln. 



Researches on the Pishes of Australia, p. 37. 



" The upper profile very little curved, cheeks without scales, 

 covered like the head with very strong granulations ; operculum 

 with three series of large scales ; one posterior canine tooth, and 



