114 LA.BRID,T5. 



2. Labrichthys bothryocosmus, 



Labms bothryocosmus, Richards. Voy. Ereb. 8,-Terr. Fishes, p. 53. pl.31. 

 figs. 6-10. 



D. fj. A. l^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/9. 



A posterior canine tooth. Eeddish- or grecnLsh-olive (in spirits) ; 

 a cluster of black spots between the lateral line and the hind part of 

 the spinous dorsal fin. Infraorbital ring with a bluish streak. Dorsal 

 and anal fins with a dark longitudinal band. 



Coasts of South Australia and Tasmania. 



«, b. Fine specimens. Types of the species. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 



3. Labrichthys psittacula. 



Labrus psittaciilus, Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 26, and Trans. 



Zool. Soc. iii. p. 141. 

 Tautoga psittacula, Richards. Voy. Ereh. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 129. pi. 50. 



figs. 7-10. 



D. :^. A. ■^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/9. Vert. 9/16. 



A posterior canine tooth. Two anterior canine teeth in each of 

 the jaws ; cheek entirely scaly below the eye, the scales being 

 arranged in four series. Uniform hyacinth-red : the soft dorsal and 

 anal with five or six series of yellow spots ; a few streaks behind the 

 angle of the mouth. 



Tasmania. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Tasmania. Presented by Mr. Gould. — The typi- 

 cal specimen appears to be lost. 



4. Labrichthys rubigiaosa, 

 Labrus rubiginosus, Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 1G5. pi. 86. fig. 1. 

 D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 3/9. 



A posterior canine tooth. Brownish-red, with some white spots 

 on the back ; the spinous dorsal with some irregular black spots ; 

 anal with three indistinct bro^vnish longitudinal streaks ; body some- 

 times with four brownish longitudinal bands, two of which are con- 

 tinued on the side of the head. 



Seas of China and Japan. 



a. Adult, China. 



b. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. — Type 



of Labrus eotliinus, Richards. 



c. Half-grown: Japan. 



Sir John Richardson has named and described a Labrus eothinus 

 (Ichthyol. Chin, p. 255), from a stuffed specimen in the British Mu- 

 seum Collection and from a drawing. The former is identical with 

 Labrus ruhiginosus, Schlcg. ; and with regard to the drawing, which 



