114 L.\nRIT).E. 



2. Labrichthys bothryocosmus. 



Labrus bothryocosmus, Richards. Voy. Ercb. ^-Terr. Fishes, p. 53. pl.31. 

 figs. 6-10. 



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



A posterior canine tooth. Reddish- or greenish-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 fms with a dark longitudinal band. 



Coasts of South Australia and Tasmania. 



a, h. Fine speeimens. Types of the species. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 



3. Labrichthys psittacula. 



Labnis psittaculus, Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 2G, and Traus. 



Zool. Soc. iii. p. 141. 

 Tautoga psittacvua, Richards. Voy. Ereb. SfTerr. 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 : stufifed. Tasmania. Presented by Mr. Gould. — The tj'pi- 

 cal specimen appears to be lost. 



4. Labrichthys rubiginosa, 

 Labrus rubiginosus, Schley. Faun. Japon. 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 brownish 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. 



6. Adult: stufied. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. — Type 

 of Labrus eothinus, Richards. 

 Half-grown: Japan. 



Sir John Richardson has named and described a Lnhrus eothinus 

 (Ichthyol. Chin. p. 255), from a stufied specimen in the Briti.sh Mu- 

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

 Labrus ruhiginosits, Schleg.; and with regard to the di-awing, which 



