BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 881 



running backwards to the edge of the opercle. A black axillary 

 •spot. A line from the angle of the mouth to the side of the chest. 



In spirits variable, more or less of the pink stainings being 

 destroyed, a little on the dorsal and anal however usually remains. 

 In pale specimens the lower postorbital line is undulated on the 

 opercle or both lines are continued as longitudinal bands along the 

 back. 



Length 5 inches. Locality, Moreton Bay. Collected by Captain 

 Townley, St. Helena. 



Labrichthys maculatus. 

 Lat. 27. 



A posterior canine. Scales of the cheeks in four series. Canines \. 

 Caudal short, truncate. Tubules of lateral line widely bifid. 



Colour olive yellow. Two dark streaks from the upper lip 

 through the eye to the edge of the operculum. A double line of 

 black spots on the posterior half of the trunk over the lateral line. 

 The first two dorsal webs black. Fins orange red. A faint yellow 

 line along the middle of the anal. 



Length, 4 h inches. Locality, Moreton Bay, Collected by 

 Captain Townley, St. Helena, 



Labrichthys nudigena. 

 Lat. 27. 



A posterior canine. Scales of the cheeks in one infraorbital 

 series. Canines I. Caudal subconvex. Tubules of lateral line 

 simple. Height i\ in the total length. 



Colour (dry) brownish grey, head and fins yellow, A broad ill- 

 defined dark streak down the operculum. Each scale of the upper 

 part of the trunk with a dark vertical streak. A black blotch on 

 the middle of the upper side of the caudal peduncle. 



Length, 4^ inches. Locality, Barrier Reef. 



TORRESIA LINEATA. 



D. 13/7. A. 3/10. Lat. 27. 

 Height of the body 2 J, length of the head Z\ in the length of 

 the body, s.c. Orbit and snout each 4, interorbit 3^ in the length 

 of the head. 



