28 SILURIDJE. 



like. Vomerine teeth in a large triangular patch. Eye small, 

 covered by the skin. Uniform blackish brown above. 

 Australia. 



a. TAventy inches long. Sydney Cove. Antarctic Expedition. — Type 



of the species. 



b. Twenty inches long. Sydney. From the Haslar Collection. 



c. Adult. Kangaroo Island. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 



d. Young. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



2. Cnidoglanis lepturus. 

 1 D. 1/5. 2 D. + C. + A. 212. P. 1/9. V. 11. 



Head depressed, its width being three-fourths of its length, which 

 is one-seventh of the total ; tail long, much produced and pointed 

 behind. The nasal and maxillary barbels extend to the end of the 

 head ; lower lip not pendent or fringed. Intermaxillary teeth 

 conical, in two small patches ; those of the vomer molar-like, in a 

 creseentic band ; those of the mandible in two triangular bands, 

 molar-like, with an outer series of conical ones. Eye small. The 

 first dorsal fin is lower than the body and placed at a very short dis- 

 tance from the occiput ; its spine is feebly serrated, one-third, or 

 not quite one-third, as long as the head ; pectoral spine as long and 

 strong as that of the dorsal fin. Uniform black. 



New South Wales. 



a. Fourteen inches long. Sydney. From Mr. G. Ivrefft's Collection. 



b. Thirteen inches long ; stuffed. Australia. Presented by the Earl 



of Derby. 



3. Cnidoglanis microcephalus. 



Plotosus microceps, Richards. Voy. Ereb. ^ Terr. Fish. p. 31. pi. 21. 

 figs. 4-7. 



1 D. 1/5. 2 D.-FC-^A. 210. P. 1/10. V. 12*. 



Head rather depressed, small, its length being one-eighth of the 

 total length. Nasal barbels long, extending to the dorsal fin, which, 

 however, is placed at a short distance from the occiput. Maxillary 

 barbels reaching the gill-opening ; lower lip without fringes. The 

 intermaxillary teeth form two triangular patches, those of the vomer 

 a crescent-shaped band. Eye rather small. The first dorsal fin 

 elevated and produced into a long point. Brown, with numerous 

 email, round, whitish spots. 



North-west coast of Australia. 

 a. Type of the species. From Mr. Bynoe's Collection. 



* These numbers are taken from the same (typical) specimen in which they 

 ■were counted by Sir J. Eichardson. 



