CONTENTS OF DECADES. 



N.B.— The originals of all the Figures are in the National Museum, Melbourne. 



DECADE I 



Plate 1. — The Black Snake (Pseudechys porphyriacus, Shaw sp.). 



Plate 2. — The Copper-head Snake (Hoplocephalus superbus, Giintli.). 



Plate 3. — The Tiger Snake (Hoplocephalus curtus, Schl. sp.). 



Plate 4. — The Australian Bream (Chrysophrys Australis, Giintli.). 



Plate 5. — The Spiny-sided Butterfly-Gurnard (Lepidotrigla Vanessa, Rich. sp.). 



Plate 6. — The Kumu Gurnard (Trigla Kumu, Lesson and Gam.). 



Plate 7. — The Australian Giant Earth-worm (Megascolides Australis, McCoy). 



Plate 8. — Lewin's Day-moth (Agarista Lewini, Boisd.). 



The Loranthus Day-moth (Agarista Casuarinae, Scott). 



The Vine Day-moth (Agarista Glycine, Lewin sp.). 

 Plate 9.— Pieris (Thyca) Harpalyce (Don. sp.). 

 Plate 10. — Pieris (Thyca) Aganippe (Don. sp.). 



DECADE II. 



Plate 11.— The Little Whip Snake (Hoplocephalus flagellum, McCoy). The White-lipped Snake 



(Hoplocephalus coronoides, Giinth.). 

 Plate 12. — The Death Adder (Acanthophis Antarctica, Shaw sp.). 

 Plate 13. — The Carpet Snake (Morelia variegata, Gray). 

 Plate 14. — The Gippsland Perch (Lates colonorum, Giinth.). 

 Plate 15. — The Murray Lobster (Astacopsis serratus, Shaw sp.). 

 Plate 16. — The Salmon Arripis (Arripis truttaceus, Cuv. sp.). Adult. 

 Platk 1 7. — Ditto of the younger forms and coloring. 

 Plate 18. — The Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus, Lin. sp.). 

 Plate 19. — The Small-scaled Rock Cod (Lotella callarias, Giinth.). 

 Plate 20. — The Australian Rock Cod (Pseudophysis barbatus, Giinth.). 



DECADE III. 



Plate 21. — The Sea-Leopard Seal (Stenorhynchus leptonyx, de Blainv. sp.). 



Plate 22. — The Yellow-sided Dolphin (Delphinus Novas Zealandiaa, Quoy and Gaim.). 



Plate 23. — The Common Brown Snake (Diemenia superciliosa, Fisch.). 



The Small-scaled Brown Snake (Diemenia microlepidota, McCoy). 

 The Shield-fronted Brown Snake (Diemenia aspidorhyncha, McCoy). 



Plate 24.— Catenicella margaritacea (Busk). — C. plagiostoma (Busk). — C. ventricosa (Busk). — 

 C. hastata(Busk.)— C. rufa (McG.).— C. cribraria (Busk).— C. alata (Wyv. Thomson).— 

 C. lorica (Busk).— C. formosa (Busk). — C. elegans (Busk).— C. perforata (Busk).— 

 C. Buskii (Wyv. Thomson).— C. Hannafordi (McG.).— C. crystallina (Wyv. Thomson).— 

 C. carinata (Busk). — C. aurita (Busk).— C. gemiuata (Wyv. Thomson).— C. cornuta 

 (Busk). — C. intermedia (McG.) 



Plate 25.— Membranipora membranacea (Linn, sp.).— M. perforata (McG.).— M. ciliata (McG.). — 

 M. mamillaris (McG.).— M. umbonata (Busk). — M. pilosa (Linn. sp.). — M. cervicornis 

 (Busk). 



Plate 26.— Membranipora dispar (McG.).— M. Woodsii (McG.).— M. lineata (Linn, sp.).— M. Rosselii 

 (Audouin sp.). — M. Lacroixii (Savigny sp.). 



Plate 27. — The Australian Rockling (Genypterus Australis, Cast.). 

 The Yarra Blackfish (Gadopsis gracilis, McCoy). 



Plate 28. — The Southern Mackerel (Scomber pneumatophorus, De la Roche). 



Plate 29. — The Yabber Crayfish (Astacopsis bicarinatus, Gray sp.). 



Plate 30.— The Large Wattle Goat-Moth (Zeuzera Eucalypti, Boisd. Ilerr.-Schaef.). 



