BY W. IVTACLEAY, F.L.S. 25 



third, twenty-fourth, and twenty-fifth, and between the twenty- 

 fifth and twenty-sixth rays are two additional fenestrated spots, 

 one over the other. 



Melbourne. Length six and a-half inches. 



589. Ckisticeps riCTUS, n. sp. 



D. 3/29/6. A. 25. V. 1/3. 



Body very compressed. The first dorsal fin situated over the 

 eye and twice the height of the second dorsal. A simple tentacle 

 over the eye, a branched one on the nostril. No scales. The 

 last two rays of the dorsal fin short, the body part of the tail long, 

 narrow, compressed, becoming more expanded at the junction 

 with the caudal fin ; the fin elongate, pointed. Ventrals termin- 

 ating in one short and two long filaments. Colour (in spirits) 

 red on the body, yellow on the head and thorax, with a brown 

 vertical band beneath the eye. Fins dark purple with minute 

 blackish dots, on the second dorsal are four almost vertical 

 ' transparent bands, one about the seventh and eighth spines, one 

 about the thirteenth and fourteenth, one about the twentieth and 

 twenty-first, and the fourth on the two last short rays, there is 

 also a round spot of the same character about the twenty-sixth 

 spine, the caudal and anal fins have also some of these transparent 

 spots, but not so large. The pectoral and ventral fins are barred 

 with yellow. 



Port Jackson. Length three inches. 



590. Ckisticeps aegyeopleera, Kner. 



Kner., Yoy. Novara, Fische, p. 199, Tab. 7, fig. 4. 



L>. 3/34. A. 27. V. 3. P. 10. C. 11. 



The first dorsal fin situated over the anterior part of the eye, 

 higher than the body, and attached by a low membrane to the 

 second. Caudal fin elongate. Silvery lines under the eye and 



