BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 693 



strise converging from the base to the tip. The lower jaw is much 

 the longer. Teeth of the outer row in both jaws strong and sharp. 

 Yellowish brown. A series of dark blotches on the sides ter- 

 minating as many obscure cross bands. Soft dorsal with four series 

 of brown spots. Caudal brown spotted. A broad faint band from 

 the side of the snout along.the cheek terminating in a triangular 

 dark spot on the operculum. 



Length, 6^ inches. Locality, Queensland Coast. 



Eleotris cavifroxs. 

 D. G, 1/8. A. 19. Lat. 28. Tr. 9. 



The height of the body and the length of the head each -i 5 in 

 the total length. Orbit and snout \, interorbit ^ of the length of 

 the head. Head broad, flat, with a concave profile. The maxillary 

 does not reach the fore edge of the orbit. Dorsal pointed. 

 Caudal rounded at the tip. Teeth minute. Head scaly to the 

 interorbit. Caudal peduncle long. Reddish brown, the scales 

 broadly pale edged, giving the side a reticulated appearance. An 

 obscure axillary blotch. First dorsal black with a mesial white 

 line Second dorsal with a similar line of contiguous oval spots 

 and a row of round white spots at the base. Caudal rays 

 conspicuously but irregularly barred with dark brown near the 

 base. Anal broadly dark edged. Pectoral and ventral immaculate. 



Length, 3 inches. Locality, North-east Coast. 



Eleotris cyanostigma. Bleek. 



Three examples which appear to be of this species have been 

 collected at Cape York (Somerset), by Mr. Broadbent; certaiuly the 

 discrepancies between them and Dr. Bleeker's types are somewhat 

 formidable, but their similarity is on the whole too strong to 

 allow much doubt about their identity. The Cape York speci- 

 mens exhibit the following differences. 



D. 6, 1/10. A. 9. Lat, 22-23. 



Height of the body equal to the length of the head and 4^ in 

 the total. The maxillary reaching just to the fore edge of the 

 orbit. No spots on the verticle fins. The first and second dorsal 

 spines, as well as the third, elongated, but not to the like extent. 



