24 RECORDS OF THE AtTSTRAIilAN MUSEUM. 



which are half that of the frontal ; the latter shield hexagonal, 

 obtusely angular anteriorly, acutely so posteriorly, the lateral 

 margins slightly converging, one-half longer than broad ; length 

 of the parietals equal to that of the frontals and prefrontals 

 together ; the nasal forms a short suture with the preocular ; two 

 subequal postoculars ; six upper labials, the third and fourth 

 entering the eye, the first small, the others gradually increasing 

 in size to the last ; two pairs of temporals, the lower one of the 

 anterior pair much the largest, and partially wedged in between 

 the two last labials. There are 17 scales round the middle of 

 the body ; abdominal shields 163; two anal plates, with some- 

 times a third smaller plate in front ; subcaudal shields in a single 

 series, 43 in number. 



Colors. — Head above olive-brown, with a broad black band 

 including the greater portion of the parietals and two series of 

 scales behind them, and bending angularly forwards upon the 

 posterior third of the frontal, and extending down the sides of 

 the head to behind the last upper labial ; dorsal and lateral 

 scales bright olive-brown, the latter tipped with black ; abdominal 

 and subcaudal scales pale yellow ; the former with a roseate spot 

 on the median series and a dusky spot on the postero-external 

 angles ; the latter with faint indications of dark median spots. 



Dimensions. 



Total length ... ... ... 370 mm. 



Head ... ... ... ... 12 „ 



Width of head... ... ... 7 „ 



Body 300 „ 



Tail 58 „ 



Habitat. — Moree. 



Type. — In the Australian Museum, presented by E. J. Ross 

 McMaster, Esq. Reg. No. R. 1127. 



Clupea speattellides, sjj. nov. 



D. 15. A. 19. V. 8. P. 16. C. 19. L.lat. 49-51. L. tr. 

 12-13. Vert. 48. 



Length of head 5-00 - 5-15, of caudal fin 5-75 - 6*00, height of 

 body 4"75 - 5 "00 in the total length. Eye moderate, with rudi- 

 mentary adipose lid, its diameter 3-00 - 3-20 in the length of the 

 head ; snout short and obtuse, 1*10— 1-25 in the diameter of the 

 eye; interorbital space slightly convex, 1*40 — 1 '55 in the same. 

 Nostrils small and approximate, situated midway between the tip 

 of the snout and the orbit, the posterior the larger, subcii cular. 

 Upper surface of the head flat, with a strong central ridge from 

 the snout to the occiput, which is depressed : lower jaw projecting : 

 cleft of mouth small and very oblique, the maxilla reaching to 



