BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, B.A. 289 



prolonged. Left pectoral shorter and much weaker than the right. 

 Upper eye in advance of lower. Scales edged with 10 (circa) 

 spikelets. Color (recent) grey, blotched with black, black vertical 

 bars at regular intervals on the dorsal and anal ; left side white, 

 with a purple blush, orange spots, and the fins orange. 



Long. 



Log. — Moreton Bay. 



Crossorhinus. 



Under the common name of " Tiger Shark," two fish commonly 

 associated in habitat, seem to be considered by Queensland fisher- 

 men as varieties of one and the same. One of these is certainly 

 Crossrhinus barbatus, and the other does not appear to have been 

 as yet discriminated by ichthyology. It is in the style of colouring, 

 a matter too much neglected in describing these sharks, allied to 

 G tentaculatus. Pet., but differs from that species as characterised 

 by possessing the tentacular fringe of barbatus. It is a much 

 smaller fish than barbatus, never apparently exceeding three feet 

 in length, whereas six, ten, and twelve feet are attained by the 

 latter. 



C. ornatus. 



Tentacles as in G. barbatus. Distance between the dorsals less 

 than the length of either. No supraciliary tubercles ; fifth gill 

 opening nearly twice as long as the fourth. Color yellowish, with 

 broad dark cross, bands, the hinder ones encircling the tail. The 

 two dorsal bands have deeply fretted edges, and enclose pairs of 

 ocelli. On the snout, a pair of dendritic brown markings. On the 

 occiput, a symmetrical brown pattern, and between each of the 

 caudal zones is a black spot. 



Log. — Moreton Bay, &c. 



Occasional Notes on Plants Indigenous in the immediate 



neighbourhood of sydney. no. 4. 



By E. H avi land. 



I suppose there are few persons, who, having rambled about the 



coast in the neighbourhood of Sydney, have not become acquainted 



with a shrub or small tree, ranging from two to six or eight feet 



