aosi'i;ai,ia\ (ioiiiiii.v: — .mcci^llucii anh (m;ii,i;v. 253 



lost- bi'liiiul tliat. liii. AI)out sovun cn).ss-l)aiul.s (U'sct'iid troiii (Ik; back 

 below tlie doi'sal tins, tlio auti'iior ones beinpf narrower and connecting 

 witli tlie longitudinal band. A lai'ge dark spot at the base of the tail. 

 Upper surface of tlie liead and neck witli paired rows of large dai-k-edged 

 ocelli, and there are some light lines bordeiiiig the darker bands on the 

 head. Upper anterior portion of the body with some silvery dots between 

 the dark bands. First dorsal with a laige dark blotch on the basal por- 

 tions of the third to the fifth dorsal spines, and another on the sixth ; the 

 fin has a broad dark margin, and there are some cloudy markings on the 

 membrane. Soft doi'sal Avitli four large dark blotches corresponding to 

 the body-bai-s, and a broad grey margin, between which are several rows 

 of cloudy spots between the rays. Anal with a broad grey margin, the 

 other fins plain. 



Described and figured from a beautifully preserved specimen, 02 mm. 

 long, from Queensland. Some details of the colour-marking are supple- 

 mented with notes fi'om other specimens. The mai'kings are apparently 

 subject to some little variation, and but few examples exhibit all those 

 illustrated. 



Stjiionynn/. — The cotypes of Apocryptes lineatus, Alleyne & Macleay, 

 are quite similar in all details to the specimen described above. The co- 

 types of A. hlvittatiis, Macleay, are largely bleached, but retain traces of 

 the characteristic markings of A. hynoeusis, with which they are evidently 

 identical. 



Locs. — Queensland ; figured specimen. Palm Islands, Queensland. 

 Cape Gi-enville, Queensland ; cotypes of xi. lineatus. Thursday Island, 

 Torres Strait ; coll. A. R. McCulloch. Port Darwin, Northern Territory ; 

 cotypes of A. hivittatus. Malay Ai^chipelago ; Dr. Day's collection. 



Amblygobius pualaena, Cnvier ^- Valenciennes. 

 (Plate XXXV., fig. 1.) 



Gohius 2>lialaenu, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii., 1887, p. 

 92. Id., Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. 67, and Fische 

 Siidsee, vi., 1877, p. 178, pi. cxi., fig. c. 



Amblyyohius phalaeva, Jordan & Scale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bureau, xxv., 1906, 

 p. 405. Id., McCulloch, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxxvi., 1911, 

 p. 347. Id., Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mus., ii., 1913, p. 90. Id., Webei-, 

 " Siboga " Exped., Ivii., 1913, p. 472. Id., Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1914, p. 650. 



Gohius annidatns, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. 6SS. 



D. vi/15; A. 15; P. 19; V. i/5 ; C. 15. 56 rows of scales between 

 the upper base of the pectoral and the hypural joint, and about 22 between 

 the anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth 3-7 in the length to the hypural joint; head 3'5 in the same. 

 Eye equal to the length of the snout, and 3*4 in the head ; interorbital 

 width 16 in the eye. Depth of the caudal peduncle 1*8, and caudal fiu 1 

 in the head. Breadth at the bases of the pectorals 16 in the depth of the 

 body. 



