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found in what may be termed the polar forms of a variable 

 species (in which case intermediate forms should be easily- 

 obtainable), or whether two distinct but closely allied species 

 have hitherto been confounded under the name australis. 



A specimen of eel forwarded for identification belongs to 

 the restricted genus Ophisurus, but is in such bad condition 

 that the species cannot be determined. It may, however, be 

 included provisionally in the Tasmanian catalogue as 0. 

 ^erpena. 



