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The smaller specimen had swallowed an Apogono'ps, which 

 was about 63 mm. long ; it was rolled up into a large ball 

 in the stomach. According to a note received from Mr. C. T. 

 Harrison, the rostral tentacle of the larger specimen appeared 

 to be faintly luminous when it was first taken out of the 

 trawl, although it was then nearly dead. 



Locs. — South from Gabo Island, Victoria, 100-150 fathoms; 

 16th December, 1912. 



Thirty-three miles 8. by W. of Cape Everard, Victoria, 

 160-200 fathoms ; 19th September. 1914. 



Family TETRAODONTID^. 

 Genus Tetraodon, Linnceus. 

 Tetraodon firmamentum, Schlegel. 

 Tetrodon firmamentum, Schlegel, Fauna Japonica. 1847, p. 

 280, pi. cxxvi., fig. 2. Id., Castelnau. Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.Wales, iii., 1879, p. 357. Id., Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, vi., 1881, p. 341. 

 Tetrodon gillhanksii, Clarke, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., xxix,, 

 1897, p. 245, pi. xiv. 



Three examples, 223-400 mm. long, only differ from 

 Schlegel's figure in having the white spots rather more 

 numerous ; they are also more numerous and proportion- 

 ately larger in the younger specimens than in the large 

 one, being equal to or slightly broader than the interspaces 

 between them, instead of narrower, as described ])y Giinther. 



I am indebted to the Director of the AVellington Museum, 

 Dr. J. Allan Thomson, for an excellent photograph of the 

 specimen of Tetrodon gillhanksii, which is referred to by 

 Clarke as having been sent to that institution. This leaves 

 no doubt in my mind that that species is identical with T. 

 firmamentum. with which it appears to agree in every detail. 



Locs. — This species was first made known from Australian 

 waters by its inclusion in a list of Sydney fishes by Castelnau. 

 Macleay later obtained an example from Port Jackson, while 

 I have seen one which A\as stranded on Bondi Beach, near 

 Sydney, after a storm. The " Endeavour " specimens were 

 trawled ofi" Twofold Bay, New South Wales, in 45 fathoms. 



Genus Spheroides, Dumeril. 

 Spheroides tuberculiferus, Ogilhy. 

 (Plate xxxiv.. fig. 1.) 

 Spheroides tuberculiferus. Ogilby. Mem. Qld. Mus., i.. 1912, 

 p. 61, pi. xiv., fig. 1. 



