GEN. ECHIODON. DRUMMONDS ECHIODON. 269 



very indiifereiit. It is named Donzella in Laugue- 

 doc, and is the Donzelle commune of Cuvier. 



Gen. XCV. EcHioDON. — The description of this 

 new form in Ichthyology we owe to Mr. W. Thomp- 

 son of Belfast. A single specimen of the fish on 

 which the genus is founded, was discovered, in a 

 dead state, on the beach at Carnclough, near Glen- 

 arm, in the county of Antrim, in the month. of June 

 1836, by Dr. J. L, Drummond. Ample details 

 will be found in the Proceedings and Transactions 

 of the Zoological Society, from which we select the 

 following particulars. 



(Sp. 200.) E. Drummondii. Drummond's Echi- 

 odon. The length of the specimen was eleven inches ; 

 the greatest depth six lines a little behind the head 

 the body gradually narrowing from that point to the 

 tail; the whole very much compressed, especially 

 towards the tail. Xo scales could be detected, but 

 these may have been abraded while the fish was ex- 

 posed on the beach. The dorsal fin commencing one 

 inch six lines from the snout ; anal just behind the 

 vent, and both uniting to the caudal, which is 

 pointed ; the fin rays gradually becoming longer as 

 they approach the tail, and the body more and more 

 attenuated. The anterior half of the body was a 

 dull flesh-colour, presumed to have been originally 

 red ; behind the middle marked and spotted over 

 with reddish brown. The dentition is rather re- 

 markable, and well distinguishes this fish from those 

 which most resemble it in other respects. " There 

 are two large strong teeth," says Mr. Thompson, 



