DESCRIPTIONS of axd NOTES ox some AUSTRALIAN 

 AND TASMANIAN FISHES. 



By Edoar R. Waite, F.L.S., Zoologist. 



(Plates xxxiv.-xxxvi.). 



In October 1905 I spent three weeks in Melbourne and vicinity, 

 and devoted some time to collecting fishes. In this connection I 

 have to acknowlege the kindness of the Victorian Railway Com- 

 missioners in granting me concessions over all their lines 

 traversed. I also desire to thank Mr. C. W. Maclean, Chief 

 Inspector of Fisheries, for much personal assistance, and permis- 

 sion for the use of nets in closed waters, poisons, and other 

 methods employed in my investigations. I paid almost daily 

 visits to the Melbourne Fish Markets and also collected on the 

 coast, principally at Queensclift", whei'e I received every attention 

 and assistance from Inspector Brady. While in Melbourne I met 

 Mr. Joseph Gabriel, who is interested in Mollusca, and he has 

 since kindly sent to the Trustees some small fishes, taken by 

 means of the dredge. 



In consequence of leaving Australia for New Zealand I have 

 been unable to deal with all the fishes obtained, and liave indeed 

 devoted attention to comparatively few species. A few fishes 

 from N. S. Wales and Tasmania are also included. 



The new species are : — 



* ^Diplocrepis parvijnnnis, N. S. Wales. 



* Oj)hioclimis yahr-ieli, Victoria. 



* ,, gracilis, N. S. Wales. 



The following known species, not being included in Mr. A. H. 

 S. Lucas' " Census " of 1 890,"^ are regarded as additions to the 

 Victorian fauna. 



Stolejjhorus rohustits, Ogilby, 



* CheilohraiicMis rn-fiis, Macleay, 



* Grepidogaster spatula, Gunther, 

 Diplocrepis costatus, Ogilby. 



1 The species marked * are figured, the drawings being made by Mr. A. R. 



McCulloch. 

 ^ Lucas — Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., (2), ii., 1890, p. 15, et seq. 



