RTOniES IN AUSTHAMAN h'lSMRS McCl'LLOCll. 137 



PsElinOI.AHKI'S PSITTAClirrS, lilr/iunJxnn. 



1jiil>n(:< jisiffdciiliiii, Kicliardsdu, Pioc. Zool. Sdc, 1S40, p. 20, find Ti-jiiis. 

 Zool. Soc, iii., iH-iO, p. 111. /,/., Kicliatdsoii, Iclifli. " Krebus & 

 Terror," 1848. p. 129, pi. Ivi., Hg. 7-10. 



Liihrii-/ifln/s i,sifh(riihi>^, ({i'mtlier, Brit. Miis. Cat. Kisli., iv., 1862, p. 114; 

 III, Ca.steliiaii, Ptoc Zool. Soc. Vict., ii., 1878, p. 52 ; h/., Macleav, 

 Proc. riinn. Soc. N.S.Wales, vi., 1881, p. 79; hi, .lolmston, Pi'oc.' 

 Roy. Soc. Ta.sm., 1882 (1888;, p. 124, and Lor. ('It., 1890 (1891), p. 

 85 ; Id., lincas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. (2), ii., 1890, p. 82. 



hil'i-lrJifhi/^ nihiruinhi, Macleay, Pi-oc. ijimi. Soc. N.S.Wales, vi., 1881, p. 89. 



Liihrirlithij^ iiiorloi/i, .loliiison, Proc. fioy. Soc. Tasm., 1884 (1885), [>. 250. 



r^finhd(i}inf.< p.<ilfnrtiJi(.'^, MeChiliocli, Zool., Res. Eiideavoni', i. 1, 1911, 

 p. 77, fi^. 19. 



PseHih,hihni>< nilles^, McCnllocIi, Rec. Austr. Mus., ix., 8, 1918, p. 372. 

 (Not of Bloch & Schneider). 



Tliis species is quite distinct from P. )iiiJe.% Bloch & Schneider, with 

 which it has been confused. It has only tliree or four series of clieek- 

 scales instead of about six, which become uniserial instead of biserial 

 behind the eve. Comparing examples of both species of similar size, the 

 eye of P. psittaculn^ is seen to be smaller in relation to both the inter- 

 orbital space and the length of the snout. F. mile.-< has a bi'oad brownish- 

 violet band acioss the base of the tail which is wanting in /'. pgittitniJiis, 

 and the outer bordeis of that fin are darker instead of uniform with the 

 rest. P. psiftaciiUis has often some dark spots at the base of the posterior 

 dorsal rays and on the caudal peduncle which are wanting in P. miles. 



P. psiffaoiJiis is known from southern Austi-alia and Tasmajiia. 

 Button's identifications of the species from New Zealand evidently i-efer 

 to P. mile.-i. (See mitp). 



Family ISTIOPHORIDAE. 

 Genus IsTlOi'HORrs, Lnrepede. 



ISTIOPHORl'S (ir.AMIS, HfOllssoiiet. 



Sail Fish. 

 (Plate xxiv.. tig. 1). 



Srr»nher rihulln?, Bi-oussonet, Mem. Acad. Sci., 178fi, p. 454, pi. x. 



]stiopli(inis (jli((h'j', r, Lacefiede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii., 1802, j). 374. 



]li!shiij:/iiiiiis /;/(//(■ /^s■, (Juvier it Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii.. 1881, 

 p. 298, pi. ccxxix. /(/., Valenciennes, Regne Anim. Illustr. Poiss., 

 lS.86-49, p. 124, pl. liii., lig. 1. 



