182 RECOKDS OK THK AISTRAI.IAN MUSEUM. 



Scorpis vinosa, Alleyiie and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.Wales, i., 1879, p. 277, pi. ix.,"fig. 2. 



The type uf Scorpis vinosa is a young Kyphosus, and 

 apparently identical with K. cinerasceas. It has eleven 

 instead of ten doi'sal spines as described, and 12 rays, the 

 anterior of wiiich are much higher than the spines. Anal 

 with three spines and eleven rays. 



Macleay's specimen was collected at Darnley Island, Torres 

 Strait, while K. cinerascens has recently been recorded from 

 the same locality by Ogilby. 



Family POMACENTRID^. 



Genus Glyphisodon, Lacepede. 



Glyphisodon nigrifrons, Macleay. 



Glypliicludon nigrifrons, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, 

 viii., 1883, p. 271. 



The type of this species is preserved in the Australian 

 Museum, with its original label, and is evidently authentic. 

 It differs from Macleay's brief de8crij)tion in having thirteen 

 instead of eleven anal rays, in having the iuterorbital space 

 only slightly wider than the oi'bit instead of nearlj' twice as 

 wide, and in showing three dark bands which are similar to 

 those of G. caracao, Bloch. 



A careful comparison of it with examples of G. curacao 

 proves it to be similar to that species in all its characters 

 except those relating to the anterior portion of the head. 

 The type has the interorbital space somewhat wider, the 

 snout shorter, and the preorbital bone broader than the 

 others, suggesting that it is abnormal in these details. If this 

 be admitted, it cannot be separated from G. cnrucao. 



Loc. — South-eastern coast of New Guinea. 



