9. GIUELLA. 429 



and mteropcrculum arc obliquely situated ; the former tapers pos- 

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

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

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

 triangular, with the posterior side emarginate. Each pubic bone is 

 formed by three lamella), 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 vcrfehra', 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 first 

 interha;mal spine is of moderate strength, and evidently composed of 

 two. Some of the ribs have epipleural spines. 



3. Girella simplex. 



Crcnidcus simplex, Richardson, Voy. Erebus Sf lerror, Fishes, p. 25. 



^- rS-3- ^- h- ^- ^^^- ^^- ^- transv. 11/20. 



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

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

 the incisors ^\'ith the cutting margin entire, moderately broad, im- 

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

 broAvnish (in a dried state). 



Australian Seas. 



a. Adult. Sydney. Purchased of Mr. lirandt. 



b. 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 distinguished by a short series of teeth on the 

 anterior portion of the palatine bones. 



4. Girella zonata. (Plate XXVII.) 

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



14 ,11 



In both jaws a pluriscrial band of narrow tricuspid teeth, sepa- 

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

 loped, by a groove. Brown (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 thick, the distance between the eyes being one- 

 third of the length of the liead, which is 4^ in the total. The sno^if 



