336 the proceedings of the linnean society 



Family Blenniiixe. 



84. — Salarias lineolatus. 



Plate XIII., fig. 2. 



D. 31, A. 2 2 T . 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the length. The head 

 is vertical in front, with a long bifid tentacle above the orbit, a 

 shorter one on the anterior nostril, and a short broad-fringed one 

 on each side of the occiput. The mouth is rather large. There 

 are no canine teeth. The dorsal fin is high, without notch, and 

 almost continuous with the caudal. The colour is a yellowish 

 brown, much spotted on the head and dorsal lin, and with a 

 number of interrupted fine longitudinal blue lines on the body. 



Found at Darnley Island. 



85. — Salarias fasciatus. 

 Blennius gattorugine, Forsk. Descr. Anim., p. 23. 

 „ fasciatus, Cuv. and Val. 11, p. 324. 

 taf. 162, fig. 1. Bl. Scku., p. 168. 

 Salarias quadripinnis, Rupp. Atl. Fische., p. 112, taf. 28, fig. 

 2. Cuv. and Val, 11 p. 318. Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. 22, p. 19. 

 Salarias fasciatus, Cuv. and Val. 11, p. 324. 



,, priamensis, Bleek, Sumatra, 2 p. 268. 

 From Cape Grenville. 



86. — Salarias biseriatus. 



Cuv. and Val. 11, p. 316. Kner. Fische. Novara, p. 197, pi. 

 8, fig. 5. 



This species is not in Gunther's catalogue. A few specimens 

 were taken at Nepean Island in Torres Straits. 



87. — Salarias geminatus. 

 Plate XIII., fig. 3. 



The height of the body is one-seventh of the total length. The 

 head is vertical in front, with a rounded crest on the occiput, The 



