21(5 REcnnns ok tiik ArsinAi-iAN misrim. 



fojiii. Pectorals rounded, i-eachin^? to about midway between tlie two 

 dorsal tins. Ventrals laiger tlian the pectorals, witli a broad basal 

 membrane, and reaching to the origin of the anal. Caudal feebly rounded. 



Colour-marhing. — Light olive ou the back, wliitish on the sides and 

 under surfaces ; the upper parts are closely freckled with grey dots and 

 lines, which unite to form about five darker cross-bais on the back. The 

 middle of the sides bear five darker blotches formed of black dots, the 

 most pronounced of which is at the base of the tail. Tlie sides are 

 vertically barred with about thirteen grey stripes, which are most 

 pronounced anteriorly. A dark stripe extends from the eye to the 

 preorbital, and another descends across the operculum. First dorsal with 

 man}' small grey dots between the rays; on the second they tend to form 

 larger spots. Caudal and pectoral with transverse rows of grey spots on 

 the rays. Anal and ventral colourless. 



Described and figured from a specimen SQ mm. long, from Wedge 

 Bay, Tasmania. 



Vnriutid)!. — A series of twenty-five specimens, 33-62 mm. long, taken 

 with the larger example described, exhibits considerable variation in the 

 colour-marking, and in the numbeis of spines and rays in the vertical fins. 

 The vertical tiansveise bais may be eitliei' wholly wanting, or they may 

 be even more distinct and more regularly arranged than illustrated, and 

 tliey sometimes meet on the dorsal and ventral surfaces so as to form complete 

 annuli around the body. The lateral blotches vary in their intensity, 

 and are sometimes much larger than in the figured specimen, particnlaily in 

 those which lack the vei'tical bars. In six examples we count D. viii/11- 

 l- ; A. 11-12 instead of vii/!> and 9 as described above. 



Iilentitij aitd sij)i(niij)iiy. — These specimens agree witli Castelnau's 

 description in most details, and the fact that they have eight dorsal spines 

 leaves little doubt that they are correctly identified as (/. pictiis. The 

 type of (1. hlusbiji is presei'ved in the Tasmanian Museum, and has been 

 examined by one of us ; though in a very bad state of preservation, it 

 leaves no doubt as to its identity with the specimen described above. 



Liir. — Wedge Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, 5-10 fathoms; coll. C. Hedley, 

 April, 1917. QueensclilT, Port Phillip, Victoria; coll. E. R. Waite, 

 1905. 



Genus CALLOGOniDS, Jiheker. 



CaUnijuhiug, Bleekei', Arcli. Ncerl. Sci. Nat., ix., 1874, p. 318 (Kleotrls 

 /laascllii, HIeeker). Id, Weber, " Siboga " Kxped., Ivii., 1913, p. 4,79. 

 Id., McCulloch, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, xl., 1915, p. 271. 



Mnrngobhig, McCullocth, Rec. W.Anstr. Mus., i., 1912, p, 93 (lu>hi,is 

 miicnsKf, Giinther). 



Bodj' Hubcylindrical anteriorl}-, compressed [)08teriorly ; scales of 

 moderate size, largest posteriorly ; they are mostly cycloid, but more or 

 less ctenoid posteriorly ; they extend forward almost to the eyes on the 

 upper surface of the head, and cover the breast and base of the pectoral. 

 Head with a few scales on the upper part of the operculum, and others 



