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brown transverse band on the body behind the end of the 
pectorals, and not extending to the belly. 
Nota. — I have obtained in the market, and during the 
month of October, several specimens of Lebrichthys Ricliardsoni 
and Vestita. The upper profile of the head is much more 
convex in the first than in the second, the scales of the 
cheeks are smooth on the living specimens. 
LABRICHTHYS CUVIERI. 
This sort enters in Dr. Gunther's division, having only two 
series of scales on the cheeks, and having no posterior canine 
teeth ; it could only be united with Parila of Richardson, 
but the disposition of colours is totally different. There is a 
well-formed, internal, second series of teeth at the superior jaw, 
which shows how impossible it is to maintain the genus 
Labrichthys, and this is also the case with several other divi- 
sions of the Labridac. The superior profile of the head is not 
very convex ; the teeth are strong, two canines in front at each 
jaw ; none at the posterior angle ; the head is ruguous ; the 
cheeks have a narrow band formed of two series of scales ; 
the lateral line runs over twenty-seven scales ; it is formed of a 
succession of strong ridges, each of which ends in an 
arbuscule of considerable size and ramifications. 
The dorsal and anal fins have no scales on their base ; the 
caudal when shut is emarginated. 
The colours are pretty well preserved on the dry specimen ; 
the head and body are greenish, with two broad red 
transverse bands, the second covering nearly the posterior 
half of the body. The pectorals are of a brilliant orange 
yellow • the spinous portion of the dorsal is of the same colour, 
and the second is dark and almost black ; the caudal olive. 
This sort is principally characterised by the absence of the 
posterior canines, which sometimes are not visible in young 
specimens of other sorts ; but the large size of this, twenty- 
two inches long, precludes the idea that they might appear at 
a further date. 
It was sent to me from Hobart Town, but a skull found on 
the shore at Phillip Island shows that it also inhabits Bass's 
Straits. 
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