462 NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



on the head and lower part of body. A few obscure pale spots on 

 the lower part of the back. 



Length, 6£ inches. Locality, Queensland Court. 



Teuthis teuthopsis. 



A procumbent pre-dorsal spine. 



The height of the body is nearly 2, the length of head 2| in 

 the length, s.c. Orbit 3-J-, snout and interorbit, each 2£ in the 

 length of the head. The upper lobe of the caudal the longer. 



Lower part of the head, chest, and fore-part of the trunk with 

 rather large pale dark-edged spots most conspicuous on the opercle 

 where they are disposed in descending series. 



Length, 8 inches. Locality, Queensland Coast. 



The presence of a feature unicpie in the genus might be held 

 sufficient to warrant the formation of a new generic term for the 

 fish. This, however, I leave to others. 



Teuthis flava. 

 A pi'ocumbent predorsal spine. 



The height of the body is 2j?, the length of the head, 4| in 

 the total length. Orbit 3, snout 2|, in the length of the head. 

 Profile regularly and equally convex above and below. Caudal, 

 strongly emarginate. Head, small. 



Colour, uniform light purplish brown. The middle part of the 

 body yellowish, especially near the head. Two dark bars from 

 the orbit to the rictus. Pectorals yellow. 



