IIU LAinUU.K. 



h. Dorsal scales pxteuding on the basic of the iiii. 



8. Labrichthys luculenta. 



Labnis hiculcntus, I „. , , ,, t^ , o rr r- i i.)a 



Tautoo-a luculeuta, \ ^'t'^'"''^^*'' ^ ^>!/- ^'•^'^'- 4- ^'''•'•- ^'''^"''^ P- 1-0. 



D. 1. A. ^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 3/7. 



A posterior canino tooth. The intcropercles overlapping each 

 other. Four anterior canine teeth in the lower jaw and two in the 

 upper ; check with about six series of small scales, (jreenish or 

 reddish, each scale below the lateral line witli a vertical silvery line ; 

 a black spot on the tAVO first dorsal spines ; sometimes two irregular 

 brown lines along the snout and two blackish spots on the base of 

 the soft dorsal fin. 



Eastern and Western coasts of Austi'alia. Norfolk Island. 



(I, h. Types of the species. Norfolk Island. Presented by Sir .1. 



Ttlehardson. 

 c-e. Typesof the species. Australia. I'l-esented by Sir J. Kichardson. 

 f-tj. Skins. Port Jackson. Purchased of Mr. (Jould. 

 h. Adult : discoloured. 



9. Labrichthys cyanotsenia. 



f.al)nclitlivs CAanota'uia, liU:el;. Floris, p. ?,'i\, and All. Irlitli. p. 

 tab. L>'. "tig. i. 



I).,'^. A.,^. L. lat. 25. 



\ posterior canine tooth. Four anterior canine teeth in tlie upper, 

 and two in the lower jaw ; head longer than high ; lips broad, tleshy; 

 pra^opcrculum cntiixly scaly, not serrated. Brownisli- violet, with 

 about fifteen l)lue longitudinal stri]ics; vertical fins brownish, edged 

 with yellow, and with series of blue streaks or spots ; base of the 

 pectoral black. {Bh) 



Floris. 



15. Cheek with onlv one or two .series of .small scales. 

 lo. Labrichthys tetrica. 



Labriis tetricus, liichiirih. Proc. Zuol. iSuc. 1840, p. 25, and Trans. 



Zool. ^oc. iii. p. 130. 

 Tautoga tetriga, Itichanh. To;/. Etch. .S' Terr. FitiJics, j). 12(j. pi. 55. tig.l. 



]). 1_ A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/U. 



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

 jaws ; cheek with only two series of narrow scales, a largo portion 

 of it being naked. Uniform purplish-red: vertical fins dark on the 

 base, lighter towards the margins, and witli a fine blackish edge ; 

 pectoral with a black spot supei-iorly at the base. 



(Joasts of Tasmania and South Australia. 

 rt. Skin. South Australia. Purchased of Air. Could. 

 Ij-d. Half-grown : .skins. Swan lliver. 

 <•. Type of the sjiecies. From Uic Ilaslai' Collection. 



