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anterior margin of the mandible is slightly obtuse ; and the space on the chin 

 between the mandibularies is broader than the figure given of M. cephalotus 

 by Dr. Giinther. Nevertheless, I am. quite willing to accept Dr. Giinther's 

 identification, if he still adheres to it. 



64. Trachelochismus pinnulatus, Forst. (Cat., p. 40.) 



Mr. Henry Travers brought several specimens of this fish from the 

 Chatham Islands. 



66a. CTE3NOLABRUS? KNOXI. sp. nov. CM. 



PL X. 



B. 6; D.-^ii A. ^^; P. 14; Y.\; L. lat., 64; L. trans., 8/17; Vert. 11/15. 



Length two and three-fifths the height of the body, or four and a half 

 times the length of the head. ; upper jaw longer ; soft portion of dorsal only 

 half the length of the spinous; operculum and prseoperculum entire; imbricate 

 scales on the cheeks and operculum ; interoperculum naked ; teeth in a broad 

 villiform band, with an outer double series of longer, weak, compressed, 

 flat-topped teeth in both jaws, no posterior canines ; anal spines strong ; base 

 of the dorsal, anal, and caudal, scaly ; abdominal portion of the vertebral 

 column slightly shorter than the caudal portion. 



Dark olivaceous black above, and greyish below ; mouth, and a band to, 

 and a little below, the eye tinged with yellowish ; iris white. 



Whangarei harbour; Cook Strait, Dr. Knox. 



68. Labricthys hothryooosmus, Rich. (Cat., p. 43.) PL X. 



69. Labricthys psitfacula, Rich. (Cat., p. 43.) PL X. 



69a. LABRICHTHYS FUCICOLA, Rich. CM. 



Labrus /ucicola, Rich., *'Yoy, Ereb. & Terr.," p. 127. 



" Cat. N.Z. Fishes," PL VII., fig. 68. 



D. ^; A. i; L. lat., 27 ; L. trans., 3/9. 



Length two and four-fifths that of the head, or two and a quarter times 

 the height of the body ; two long anterior canine teeth in each jaw, the others 

 graduated ; about four rows of scales on the prseoperculum ; dorsal not 

 scaly, spinous portion lower than the soft ; caudal rounded. 



Darkish purple, passing into light grey on the belly ; a yellowish band 

 from the mouth below the eye ; four or five irregular yellow spots on the back 

 under the dorsal, and the sides slightly varied with the same colour ; humeral 

 region yellowish ; lips and pectorals reddish ; ventrals black, except the 

 bases, which are grey. 



Wellington harbour ; also found in Tasmania, 



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