SOMK AI'SII.'AI.IAX ni.KNNMtlli KISIIKS McCI'l.LOCll ANH Mc \ Kl I.I. 23 



D. xi-xii/la-ld ; A. ii/l(J-17. KlevtMitli doi'.siil spine sIku'Ici- ( li;iii the |)Ost- 

 orbital jxirtion of the licnd ; iiicinhi-niit' ot" the hist ray not reaching 



the caii(hvl rays tdhinipirdHx. 



D. xii/14-15; A. ii/lT). Eleventh dorsal spine as h)ng as the postoi-bital 

 portion of the head; membi-ane of tlie last ray united with the base 



of the upper caudal ray variolos'its 



In none of our specimens do we Hnd T). .\iii/19; A. 21, as counted by 

 Ogilby, whicli counting is apparently ineoi reet. 



Locs. — Specimens of ('. (inKnijiiculis are in tlie Australian Museum 

 from Lord Howe Island and Kerraadec Islands; two small examples from 

 the latter locality have been recoi'ded by Waite as S<iliiri((s sp.^ The 

 specimens reciu-ded as this species fi'om Darnley Tsland, 'IVn-res Strait, by 

 Ogilby, prove to be ('. iilt(iiie)iti>.-<iis, Alleyne and Macleay. 



I'k'I'i.'oscik'iks, Bi'njpell. 

 retruscirte^, Riippell, Atl. Fische Reise Noixll. Afrika., 1S28, p. 110 (P. 



viitratun, Riippell). 



Sahtriaa (leci'iiietis, de Vis'*- is apparently a species of J'etrnscirfef;. It 

 has canines in both jaws, the lower being very large and received into 

 the upper jaw. Dorsal Hn slightly emai-ginate, and no crest or tentacles 

 on the bead. 



Salan'as furr((ti(!<, de Vis^, is possibly also a J'etroscirtes. It differs 

 from St(h(rl((s in having the caudal fin deeply forked. Doi'sal fin not 

 notched; no occipital crest or ocular tentacles; canines present. 



Peti!Oscii;tes vipek'tdens, de Vis. 

 Salarids vippriJeiis, de Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. (i!)7. 

 Cotypes of this species preserved in the Australian Museum, prove it 

 to be a I'etroseirfes. 



PeTROSCIRTES lupus, '/(' 17s. 



S(iJi(n'as Jiipus, de Vis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld., ii., 1886, p. 58. 



The holotype of this species is preserved in the Queensland Museum. 

 It has lost all trace of its colour marking. D. 30; A. 20; V. 2; C. 11. 

 It is a species of Petroseirtex. 



AsPIDONTUS, Qiioij and (uiiiiinrd. 

 Aspidoiitii.«, Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. "Astrolabe.", iii., 1834, p. 710 (A. 

 taeiiiatuK, Quoy and Gaimard). 



ASPIDONTUS MAR0UHR7R, Oijilhl/. 



Agpidnntiis marovhrfi' (Ogilby), McCulloch, Austr. Zool., i.4, 1917, p. 92, 



pi. X., fig. 1. 



Two specimens, 40-42 mm. long, agree well with the holotype of the 

 species in all details, but have the colour marking of the dorsal and anal 

 tins darker and more sharply defined. The body is nearly uniform brown, 

 with traces of darker ci-oss-bands. 



Locs. — New Hebrides ; coll. Cummins and Stevens. The only othei- 

 specimen hitherto recorded is the holotype, which was washed uj) on 

 Maroubra Beach, near Svdnev. 



:* Waite— Trans N.Zeal. Inst., xlii, p. 380. 



■» De Vis— Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884. p. 69-1. 



i De Vis— /6/ti., p. 696. 



