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description and figure, and therefore supports Gunther's suggestion 

 that D. aureus, Campbell, known only from Hokitika Beach, on 

 the west coast of New Zealand, is identical with Johnson's 

 species. 



Neosebastes scoRPiENOiDES, Guichenot. 



Neosebastes scorpmnoides (Guichenot), McCoy, Prod. Zool. Vict., 

 ii., 20, 1890, pi. cxciii. 



Obs. — A fine specimen of this species was caught off Coogee 

 Bay, near Sydney, in October, 1908, by some local fishermen, who 

 presented it to the Trustees. It agrees in every particular with 

 others from Victoria, and constitutes a new record for this State. 



Creedia haswulli, Ramsay. 



Hemeroccetes haswelli, Ramsay, Froc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vi., 

 1881, p. 575. 



Creedia clathrisqiiamis (Ogilby), Waite, Austr. Mus. Mem., iv., 

 1899, p. 63, fig, 6. 



A large specimen, 70 mm. long, was dredged in Western Port, 

 Victoria, by Mr. J. Gabriel. This rare species has been pre- 

 viously known only from the vicinity of Sydney and Newcastle, 



N. S.Wales. 



