17. LABRICHTHYS. 115 



is said to be numbered 197, I am unable to find it in Mr. Reeves's 

 Collection. No. 197 represents a species of Mastacemhelus ; and none 

 of the drawings of Labridae correspond with Sir J. Richardson's 

 de^scription. 



5. Labrichthys gayi. 



Labrus gayi, Citv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 97 ; Guiclien. in Gay, Hist, Chil. Zool. 

 ii. p. 299. lam. 8. fig. 1. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 25. 



? A posterior canine tooth. Cheek covered with scales. Uniform 

 reddish-brown ; vertical fins dark -coloured. 

 Island of Juan Fernandez. 



6. Labrichthys inscripta. 



Labrus inscriptus, I Richards. Voy. Ereb. 8f Terr. Fishes, p. 134. pl.5G. 

 Tautoga inscripta, j figs. 1 & 2. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 25-27. L. transv. 3/9. 



A posterior canine tooth. The anterior pair of mandibulary teeth 

 long, Bubhorizontal. Cheek with five to seven series of smaU scales.^. 

 Dark brown, with a pale mark on each scale, bearing some resem- 

 blance to the characters of the Persian alphabet. Some dark marks 

 on the cheek and prajoperculum, one on the base af the pectoral ; the 

 membrane connecting the first three dorsal spines is hlaclcish, some- 

 times with pale specks. Anal fin uniform, or with many pale specks. 



Norfolk Island ; Raoul Island. 



a. Typo of the species : has been in chloride of zinc. Norfolk Island. 



Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 h. Fourteen inches long. Raoul Isand. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



7. Labrichthys laticlavius. 



Labrus laticlavius, Richards. Proc. Zool. Sac. 1839, p. 99, aud Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. ill. p. 139, and Voy. Ereb. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 128. pi. 5G. 

 figs. 3-6. 



D. :^. A. l^. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 3/9. Yert. 9/16. 



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

 the jaws. Caudal rounded. Green, with two red (blackish in spirits) 

 longitudinal bands, which are confluent on the side of the taU ; 

 another, rather indistinct and interrupted, along the lower side of 

 the tail. Dorsal and caudal fins purplish, edged with vermilion and 

 blue, and spotted posteriorly with roimd blue dots. The anal has 

 along the base a narrow stripe of vermilion, then a broad one of 

 yellow, edged above and below with blue, and lastly a band of purple, 

 spotted thickly with blue and edged with the same. 



Coast of Tasmania. King George's Soimd, 



a. Tasmania. Type of the species. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h Adult: skin. King George's Sound. Purchased of Mr. Leadbeator. 



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