BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.R.S E., AND DOUGLAS-OGILBY. 7 



margin of the eye and the base of the pectoral fin ; that between 

 the anal and caudal equal to the head in front of the hind margin 

 of the eye ; anal commences beneath the seventh dorsal ray : the 

 length of the pectoral is 5 of the distance of its root from the 

 ventral, which latter terminates more than its own length from the 

 vent. Colors, olive green above the lateral line, yellow below ; 

 generally some short fasciae depending from the former color. 



Several specimens of this handsome Galaxias have been forwarded 

 to us for identification by our esteemed correspondent, Mr. Robert 

 Kay, General Director and Secretary of the Adelaide Museum, 

 after whom we have named it ; they were taken in Fifth Creek, S. 

 Australia ; the largest measures 3| inches, and is registered, I. 3. 



