BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S 87 



very large scales, the two external very strongly granulated ; 

 operculum scaly ; scales of the body very large, with strong 

 longitudinal strife, and other much finer transverse ones ; scales 

 of tail more elongate ; arbuscules of the lateral line very large, 

 expanded, and intricate. Colour purplish, beneath lighter. 



Swan Eiver. Length seven inches. 



714. Labrichtiiys nigromarginata, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 35, pi. 3, fig. 3. 

 Port Jackson. 



715. Labrichthys fucicola, Eichards. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 26.— Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 127, 



pi. 54, figs. 1-2. 



B. 6. D. 9/11. A. 3/10. C. 14. P. 13. V. 1/5. 



Like L. tetricus. Bones of the head less uneven ; some small 

 scales are scattered among the larger ones on the operculum ; the 

 cheek has four rows of small scales near the angle of the mouth, 

 towards the temples three rows. L. lat. 27. Teeth larger than 

 in tetricus ; the canine tooth at the angle of the jaw curved ; the 

 caudal fin is rounded, the anal somewhat arched ; the soft dorsal 

 is a little higher anteriorly than posteriorly. Colour dark plum- 

 purple, towards the belly buff, with four pale spots on the back ; 

 one on the the suprascapular, another near the eighth spine of the 

 dorsal fin, and the other two at the base of the soft dorsal. Some 

 faint curved lines are traceable about the cheek and nose ; a dark 

 bar crosses the pectoral fin at a-third of its length, and at its base 

 there is a black spot. Length fourteen inches. 



Tasmania and South Australia. 



716. Labrichtiiys dorsalis, n. sp. 

 D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 3/8. 



