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and a sharp spine on each side ; vent below the anterior fourth 

 of the dorsal fin ; tail as long as the space from the vent to the 

 posterior third of the snout; body rings seventeen. Colour 

 entirely of a dirty yellow without spots ; the upper parts rather 

 brown. 



Port "Walcott (West Australia). Length six inches. 



969. SlTGMATOPHORA DEPRESSIUSCULA, %. Sp. 



D. 49. Osseous rings 19 + about 66. 



Body depressed" Snout very long and slender, more than 

 twice the length of the rest of the head ; a prominent tubercle on 

 each side of the snout in front of the eyes ; operculum striated, 

 but scarcely ridged ; the vent under the anterior third of the 

 dorsal fin ; the egg-pouch slightly longer than the trunk ; tail 

 more than twice the length of the trunk ; ventral surface very 

 flat ; body ridges laterally dilated, but not so much as in S. nigra. 

 Colour (in spirits) reddish-brown, faintly marbled with darker 

 brown; two longitudinal lines of small dark brown or black spots 

 along the back between the two faint dorsal ridges. Length 

 seven inches. 



King George's Sound. 



970. Stigmatophora gracilis, n. sp. 



D. 58. Osseous rings 20 + 56. 



Elongate, slender, scarcely depressed. Snout twice the length 

 of the rest of the head, considerably dilated and turned up at the 

 point, vent under the middle of the dorsal fin ; tail double the 

 length of the trunk. Colour (in spirits) pale reddish or yellowish 

 brown, with brown cross-bars on the sutures of the body rings, 

 most distinct on the back, a broad brown band between and on 

 the eyes. 



Tasmania. Length five inches. 



