CONTENTS OE DECADES. 



N.B.— The originals o£ aU the Figures are in the. National Museum, Melbourne. 



DECADE I. 



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



Plate 2.— The Copper-head Snake (Hoplocephaius superbus, Gunth ) 



1 LATE 3.— The Tiger Snake (Hoplocephaius curtus. Schl sp ) 



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



^LATE 5.— The Spiny-sided Butterfly-Gurnard (Lepidotri^la Vanessa, Eich. sp.). 



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



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



Plate 8.— Lewin s Day-moth (Agarista Le\yini, Boisd.). 



The Loranthus Day-moth (Agarista Casuarins, 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 (Hoplocephaius flagellum, McCoy). The White-lipped Snake 



(Hoplocephaius coronoides, Gunth.). 

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

 Plate 13.— The Carpet Snake (Jlorelia variegata. Gray). 

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

 l^LATE 1»— The Murray Lobster (Astacopsis serratus. Shaw sp.). 

 1 late 16.— The Salmon Arripis (Arripis truttaceus, Cut. sp.). Adult. 

 Plate 17. — 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.). 

 Jr-LATE 20.— The Australian Rock Cod (Pseudophysis barbatus, Gimth ). 



DECADE III. 



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



Plate 22.— The Yellow-sided Dolphin (Delphinus Nova; Zealandi*, Quoy and Gaim ) 



Jr-LATE 23.— rhe Common Brown Snake (Dienienia 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. yentricosa (Busk) - 



C. hastata (Busk.)-C. rufa (McG.).-C. cribraria (Busk).-C. alata (Wyy. Thomson V- 



^- l°"f'?. fBusk)^C. formosa (Busk).-C. elegans (Busk).-C. perforata (Busk)- 



C. Buskii (Wyy. Thomson).-C. Hannafordi (McG.).-C. crystallina (Wyy. Thomson - 



pRnTf n ^^"'''^•rS,r;;'^ CBusk).-C. geminata (Wyy. Thomson).-C. cornnta 

 (Busk;. — C. mtermedia (McG.) 



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



■ ^LrkT "' ^^'^''^■^■-^^- umbonata (Busk).-M. pilosa (Linn. sp,).-M. ceryicornis 



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



(Audoum sp.).— M. Lacroixii (Sayigny sp.). f j ■ 



Plate 27.— The Australian Eockling (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. Herr-Schsef ) 



