BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 887 



PSEUDOSCARUS FUSCUS. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and two scales on the lower 

 preopercular limb ; the middle series composed of five scales. 

 Upper lip broad. Jaws whitish with pointed teeth at the angle. 

 Thirteen pectoral rays. Caudal lobes prolonged. Uniform 

 brownish olive, vertical fins darker. Caudal white on its posterior 

 edge. 



Length, 10 inches. Locality, Barrier Reef. 



NOTE ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA 

 WATER ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF AUS- 

 TRALIA, OBSERVED IN JULY 1878 AND 1883. 



By N. de Miklouho-Maclay. 



Having found a complete absence of published records of obser- 

 vation of the temperature of sea water on the Coasts of Australia, 

 I venture to submit tc the Society these very limited observations, 

 hoping that they may be of some use for Zoologists who are 

 interested in the geographical distribution of marine animals. 



On my way from Singapore to Sydney in 1878, it appeared 

 interesting to me to observe the temperature of the sea water as 

 we were steaming near the coast of Australia. I used to do it 

 every day at noon with a very exact thermometer of Grainer in 

 Berlin (well compared with the Standard Thermometer of the 

 Meteorological Observatory of Batavia), leaving the same each time 

 over ten minutes in the bucket of sea water, which was hauled 

 up from the sea just before the observation. 



Before submerging the thermometer in the water, it was left 

 suspended for half-an-hour or more in a shady place under the 

 awning, to ascertain the temperature of the air. 



