AUSI'IJALIAN (iOl'.lin.K Mc Ci;i,l.(t(;il AND OCll.llY. 237 



Gohmr-iiturlnnij. — Wliitisli in loi'iiialiiu', inotUt'd with olive-green 

 script-like markings on tlie liead and uppi'i- lialf of the l)()dy ; four larger 

 dark blotches along the sides, and a blackish spot at the base of the tail. 

 Operculum with a dark blotch. Dorsal and caudal tins with rows of 

 greyish spots on the rays ; base of the pectoral with a dark bar on its 

 upper portion. 



Described from a specimen 127 mm. long, from the Flinders River, 

 Queensland, which is quite similar to an Indian example received from 

 Dr. Francis Day. 



Sijiioiupiii/. — Uubius S((?tro/(?c't;,Castelnau, was described from a specimen 

 seven inches long, which was taken in the Norman River, Gulf of Cai'peu- 

 taria. We have an example rather less than five inches long from the 

 same locality, which agi-ees with Castelnau's description in most details, 

 though it has fewer scales and more numerous dorsal rays. It is identical 

 with G. giuris, and indicates that (/. sanroides is synonymous with that 

 species. 



The holotype of EleotrtH luliceps, De Vis, is pi-eserved in the Queenf?laiid 

 Museum. It has beeu stuffed and is now very imperfect, the fins being 

 much broken, while no trace of its colour-marking remains. It is clearly 

 identical with G. giuris, however, even a portion of the membrane uniting 

 the veutrals being preserved between the bases of the fins. 



Locs. — Flinders River, near Richmond, Queensland ; coll. F. L. Berney. 

 Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria ; coll. Dr. C. Taylor. Port Darwin, 

 Northern Australia ; Macleay Museum. 



Glossogoiuus 1510CELLATUS, Cnvier and Valeitciennes. 



Gubiu^ hiocellatus, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii., 1837, 

 p. 73. Id., Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. 20. Id., 

 Day, Fish. India, 1876, p. 289, pi. Ixiii., fig. 8. 



Gohiits (Glossogobias) hiocellatus, Weber, "Siboga" Exped.,lvii., 1913, p. 470. 



Glossoqobius vaisigaiiis, Jordan and Scale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bureau, xxv., 

 1906, p. 403, fig. 93. 



D. vi/10; A. 9; P. 17; V. i/5 ; C. 13. 29 rows of scales between 

 the upper base of the pectoral and the hypural joint ; 9 between the 

 anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth 6"5 in the length between the premaxillary symphysis and tlie 

 hypural joint ; head, without mandible, 3*1 in the same. Eye 4'6 in the 

 head, and 12 in the snout, which is 4 in the head. Interorbital space 

 4"2 in the eye. Depth of caudal peduncle 3'5 in the head ; breadth 

 between the bases of the pectorals slightly greater than the depth. Second 

 dorsal spine 2'1, second dorsal ray 1'7, penultimate anal ray 1'6, and 

 caudal 1*3 in the head. 



Head wholly naked, mucigerous system not well defined. Ej^es 

 superior, separated by a very narrow interspace. Snout long, pointed, 

 the mandible much longer than the upper jaw. Maxilla almost reaching 

 the vertical of the hinder orbital margin. Anterior nostril in a short 

 tube, the postex'ior a large opening, much nearer the eye than the end of 

 the snout. An outer row of curved, subulate teeth in the premaxillaiy, 



