BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 93 



725. Cheilolabrus magnilabris, All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 345, pi. 16, fig. 2. 

 Darnley Island (Chevert Exp.) 



Genus Hemigymnus, Gunth. 



Body compresseed, oblong, with scales of moderate size ; cheek 

 rather high. Opercles naked, cheek with a stripe of very small 

 scales ; pra3operculum not serrated ; lateral line continuous. 

 Teeth in the jaws in a single series, two canines in each jaw 

 anteriorly, the lower pair received between those of the upper; 

 generally a posterior canine. 



From the Eed Sea to the North Coast of Australia. 



726. Hemigymnus melanobterus, Bleek. 



Atl. Ichth. Lab., tab. 45, f. 2-3.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 139. 



Tautogamelapterus, Richards., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, 



XL, p. 358. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/11. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 5/14. 



A posterior canine tooth, hidden by the skin. Lips very thick, 

 with folds ; the lower lip notched anteriorly, each lateral part 

 pendent, like a wattle. Cheek with a band of small scales. 

 Back and sides, between the vertical fins, brownish, abdomen 

 and thoracic region yellowish ; a blackish blotch behind the orbit ; 

 dorsal and anal fins with a light margin and with a bluish intra- 

 marginal band, edged with darker. 



Port Essington. Endeavour Reef. 



727. Hemigymnus Bleasdalii, Casteln. 

 Eesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 38. 



D. 9/10. A. 3/10. L. lat. 24. 



A short posterior canine tooth ; the head and cheeks are rough 

 but without scales ; the height of the body is one-third of the 



