9. CIHELLA. 429 



and intoropcrculum arc obliquely situated ; the former tapei-s pos- 

 teriorly, and is produced into an elongate point. The basal por- 

 tion of the brain-capsule is not compressed ; the basisphcnoid has a 

 narrow opening before the occipital joint. The urohyal is elevated, 

 triangular, \\ath the posterior side emarginate. Each pubic bone is 

 formed by thi-ee lamellae, the inferior of which is the broadest, and 

 the two exterior ones strongest ; it is elongate, and nearly as long 

 as the coracoid. 



There are eleven abdominal and sixteen caudal vcrtehra', the length 

 of the former portion of the vertebral column being to that of the 

 latter as 1:1-4. The single vertebra) are rather short. The fii-st 

 interhasmal si)ine is of moderate strength, and e\idently composed of 

 two. Some of the ribs have epijileural spines. 



3. Girella simplex. 



Creiiidens simplex, Richardson, Voy. Erebus Sf I'crror, Fishes, p. 25, 

 ^- lS-3- ^- Tr ^- I'^t- 55. L. transv. 11/20. 

 The length of the head is one-fifth of the total length ; dorsal fin 

 of modcrtite height, the spinous portion about as high as the soft ; 

 the incisors with the cutting margin entii-e, moderatelj' broad, im- 

 bricate, above and below in two or three irregular series, ' Uniform 

 brownish (in a dried state). 

 Australian Seas. 



«, Adult. Sydney. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



h. Adult : stuffed. Port Jackson. Purchased of Mr. Gould. Type 



of the species. 

 c. Adult : stuffed. Moore's Bay. Purchased of Mr, Warwick. 



This species is distingiiished by a short series of teeth on the 

 anterior portion of the palatine bones. 



4. Girella zonata. (Plate XXYII.) 

 D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 49. L. transv. 9/17. 



In both jaws a plurisorial band of narrow tricuspid tcctli, sepa- 

 rated from a posterior band of similar teeth, Avhich are less deve- 

 loped, by a groo^■e. lirown (in spirits), with a vertical lighter zone 

 across the middle of the body ; the vertical fins and the ventrals 

 blackish. 



Australian Seas? 



a. Fine specimen. From the Haslar Collection. 



Description of the specimen. — The anterior part of the trunk is 

 slightly elevated, its greatest height being above the base of the 

 ventral fins, where it is one-third of the total length. The head is 

 rather short and tliick, the distance between the eyes being one- 

 third of the length of the head, Avhich is 44 in the total. The snout 



