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of the body at the first anal spine is four times and a half in the 

 length, without caudal, and five and one-fifth in the total length. 

 Coloration — A blackish band along the lower half of the dorsal 

 fin ; commencing on the second dorsal spine is a band of bright 

 canary-yellow, widening out towards the tail and margined 

 above with a narrow line of pale lilac ; an oblong dull longitudinal 

 reddish-yellow spot on the forehead, snont light brown, a broad 

 band on either side extends through the eye along the body on 

 to the tail, with transverse short bars descending down the sides 

 of the body at right angles from it ; these bars are occasionally 

 confluent on the tail ; there is also a broad subterminal band of 

 brown, on the hinder limb of the operculum, the outer margin 

 being lilac, the throat and the sides of the head from below the 

 eye are rich lilac ; pectoral fins yellowish translucent, tipped 

 conspicuously with black, the ventral and anal fins and the 

 belly yellow, the interspaces between the bars on the sides lilac 

 like the cheeks, the caudal fin is bright canary-yellow, narrowly 

 margined with lilac ; the upper half of the broad lateral band is 

 paler than the lower, and is tinged with lilac. 



The specimen from which the above description has been taken 

 was caught near Broken Bay, and forwarded to the Museum in 

 a fresh state by Mr. H. Breakwell. I had previously obtained a 

 specimen from Lord Howe's Island, through Capt. Armstrong. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



The Hon. W. Macleay exhibited a specimen of Chersydrm 

 annulatus of Gray. He said that he was indebted to Mr. De Vis, 

 of the Queensland Museum, for this specimen, which was the 

 first he had ever seen of the kind. It is a freshwater snake, 

 found in the rivers of India, Sumatra, and New Guinea, but 

 never hitherto known as an inhabitant of Australia. The present 

 specimen came from Cairns. 



