STUDIES i\ AUSTRALIAN PISHES — MCCULLOCH. 373 



Cheeks with tour rows of scales extending forward to below 

 the eyes, Bases of dorsal and anal tins not .scaly. Upper 

 pectoral rays longest. Caudal truncate with the lobes more or 

 less produced. Colour pink with a yellow spot in the cent re of 

 each scale on the sides. A black spot on the back at t lie bases 

 of the last dorsal rays may be present or absent, and may be 

 followed by a second less distinct one on the caudal peduncle. 

 Hows of lighter spots are present on tbe dorsal and anal fins, 

 which also have lighter margins. 



Hab. — This species is recorded from Tasmania, Victoria and 

 New Zealand. I have examined eleven specimens fi-om Tasmania 

 and Bass Strait down to 60 fathoms, and three from Hobson's 

 Bay and Westernport, Victoria ; also four from the Great 

 Australian Bight, west of the meridian of Eucla, 70-120 fathoms 

 (Coll. P, I. S. "Endeavour.") 



Pseudolabrus inscriptus, Richardson. 



Labrus vel Tautoga inscriptus, Richardson, Zool. Erebus and 

 Terror, Fishes, 1848, p. 134, pi. Ivi., fig. 1-2. 



LabricMhys inscripta, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Pish., iv., 1862, 

 p. 115 ; Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc, N, S.Wales, vi., 1881, 

 p. 80; Id., Ogilby, Mem. Austr. Mus„ ii., 1889, p. 66. 



Pseudolabrus inscriptus, Waite, Rec, Austr. Mus., v., 1904, p. 

 212, and Trans. N. Z, lust., xlii., 1910, pp. 378 and 381. 



Cheek scales in about five rows. Bases of dorsal and anal fins 

 not scaly. Caudal more or less rounded. Upper pectoral rays 

 longest, the margin rounded. Dark green or brownish, the 

 scales with moi'e or less distinct script-like markings which are 

 often wanting in preserved specimens ; the scales sometimes 

 bear rows of dark spots. Cheek and operculum with small 

 darker spots and lines. A blackish bar across the base of the 

 pectorals. The membrane between the auterior dorsal spines 

 darker. Young light green, with striking olive green or brown 

 mottlings. 



Hab. — This species is recorded from Norfolk and Lord Howe 

 Islands and the Kermadec Islands. There are thirty-there 

 specimens from the two first-named localities in the Australian 

 Museum, ranging from 40 to 40-5 mm. in length. 



