180 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Ne.jiftiticJithys violacens, Hutton, Loc. clt., xxii., 1890, p. 278. 

 Id., Waite, Proc. Liiin. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxii., 1898, 

 p. 685. 



Scorpis cioluceii^, Waite, ]\Iem. N.S.Wales Nat. Club, 1904, 

 p. 35. 



D. X./27-29. A. iii./25-27. P. 19. V. i./5. C. 17. 

 Proportions of a speciuieii 221 mm. long from the suout to 

 the end of the middle caudal rays : depth 2.3 in the length 

 to the hypural, head 3.7 in the same ; eye 3.6, second dorsal 

 ray 1.8, and second anal ray 1.6 in the head. Upper and 

 lower pi'oHles subequal, tliat above the eye evenly convex. 

 Mandible broad, reaching to or nearly to below the anterior 

 margin of the pupil ; its width much greater than its 

 distance from the eye. Outer sei'iea of teeth not much larger 

 than the others. Scales moderate, about 89 series above the 

 latei'al line between its origin and the hypural joint ; about 

 twelve between the hi(se of the anterior doisal rays and the 

 lateral line, and about fifteen between the base of the pectoral 

 and the venti-al spine. Dorsal and anal fins not produced 

 anteriorly, though tlie first three or four anal i-ays are a little 

 longer than the succeeding ones. Colouration uniform. 



This species is distinguished from >S'. h'ueolafna by the 

 much more convex profile of the head, and in having fewer 

 I'ays in the anal than in tlie dorsal. The much broader 

 maxillary and the larger scales separate it from (S. 



lequipiiinis. 



Seven adult examples are in the Australian Museum from 

 Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. Waite has recognised the 

 species from near Sydney, but the specimen on which his 

 record was based cannot now be found. 



Vi.'tfrihnflnii. — New Zealand to Noi-folk island. Lord Howe 

 Island, and New Soutli AVales. 



ScoKFis OBLDNGUS, Canestri ii i . 



Scorpis ohhtmiug, Canestrini, Arch, per la Zool. Anat. Fisiol., 

 (2), i., 1869, p. 153. 



