BY ALLAN R. MeClLL(X'H. 4G9 



Amid 1rii)iuciilala, Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vii., 1875, p. 80. 

 ? Amia rliodopterus, Bleeker, Ibid., 187U, p. 81, PI. cecxii., fig. 1. 

 ? Amia koilomalodo>i, Bleeker, Ibid., 1876, |i. 81, PI. eccvii., fig. 1; Jordan & 

 SeaJe, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bur., sxv., liWii. p. 240, fig. 34. 



Four specimens in the Australian Mu.seum indicate that .1. rhodopteru^ and 

 A. koilonuiiodou are merely colour variations of A. trimactdatus. Three of them 

 agi'ee with Jordan and Scale's figure quoted above in the disposition of their 

 colour marking's, and particularly in having a small dark spot on each side of 

 the tail ; this feature was considered by Bleeker to be characteristic of A. 

 rhodnpteruti. The fourth specimen is quite similar to the others, but has an 

 additional dark spot across the upper part of the caudal peduncle, disposed 

 as in C'uvier (!c Valenciennes' figure of ,1. trima-culalwi. 



Localiti,es. — This species has been recognised from Cape York by Castelnau. 

 A fine specimen, 147 imn. long, is in the Australian Museum from Palm Islands, 

 Queensland, which was collected by Mr. E. H. Rainford. Also two others from 

 the New Hebrides, and one from Singapore. 



Apogon .savaykn.sis Giinther. 



Amia sarai/ew.s/x (Griinther), Jordan & Scale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bur., xxv., 1906, 

 p. 239, fig. 33 (synonymy). 



Localitiett. — This species has not hitherto been recorded from Australian 

 waters. Specimens are in the collection from the following localities: — Murray 

 Island, Torres Strait, coll. Hedley & McCulloch, October, 1907; Palm Islands, 

 and Holborn Island, off Port Denison, Queensland, coll. E. H. Rainford, 1921. 



Cheilodipterus macrodon Lae^'pede. 



Cheilodipteru-s Uneatus, Lacepede, H. N. Poiss., iii., 1802, p. 539, PI. xxxiv., 



fig. 1 (Not P.erca lineata Forskal). 

 Centropomus macrodon, Lacepede, Ibid., iv., 1802, p. 252, 273. 

 Paramia macrodon, Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vii., 1876, p. 105, PL cccv., fig. 2 



(synonymy). 



A fine specimen, 170 mm. long to the end of the middle caudal rays, which 

 was collected at Palm Islands, Queensland, by Mr. E. H. Rainford, enables me 

 to add this species to the Australian list. 



Family NEMIPTERIDAE. 



ScOLOPsis TEMPOiiALLS Cuvicr & Valcncicnnes. (Plate xl., fig. 3). 



IScolopsides temporalis, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v.. 1830, p. 



341; Lesson, Voy. Coquille, 1826-30, Poiss. PI. xxvi. 

 Seolopsis temporalis, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., i., 1859, p. 360; Bleeker, 



Atlas Iclith., viii., 1876, p. 12; Macleav, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vii., 



1882. p. 239. 



D.x/9-10; A.iii/7-8: P.19; V.i/5; C.17 L. Lat. 46-1-2; 5i scales between the 

 lateral line and the origin of the dorsal tin, and 18 more to the origin of the 

 anal. 



Depth at the ventrals 2.7 in the length to the hypural .joint; head 3.1 in 

 the same. Eye 3.2 in the head and 1.1 in the snout, which is 2.8 in the head; 

 interorbital width 1.2 in the eye. Fourth dorsal spine 2.7, seventh dorsal ray 

 571, and pectoral fin 1.2 in the head. Third anal spine 3.2 and first anal ray 

 2.6 in the head. 



Body moderately elevated anteriorly, the profile from the back to the snout 

 slightly convex. Snout rather sharp, the jaws subequal. Scales extend forward 

 on the upper part of the head almost to the level of the posterior nostril; six 



