AUSTRALIAN GOBIID^ McCDLLOCH AND OGILBY. 253 



lost behiud that fin. About seven cross-bands descend from the back 

 behjw the dorsal fins, the anterior ones being narrower and connecting 

 with the longitudinal band. A large dai-k spot at the base of the tail. 

 Upper surface of the head and neck with paired rows of large dark-edged 

 ocelli, and there are some light lines bordei'iug the darker bands on the 

 head. Upper anterior portion of the body with some silvery dots between 

 the dark bauds. First dorsal with a large dark blotch on the basal por- 

 tions of the third to the fifth dorsal spines, and another on the sixth ; the 

 fin has a broad dark margin, and there are some cloudy markings on the 

 membrane. Soft dorsal with four large dark blotches corresponding to 

 the body-bars, and a broad grey margin, between which are several rows 

 of cloudy spots between the I'ays. Anal with a broad grey margin, the 

 other fins plain. 



Described and figured from a beautifully preserved specimen, 92 mm. 

 long, from Queensland. Some details of the colour-marking are supple- 

 mented with notes from other specimens. The markings are apparently 

 subject to some little variation, and but few examples exhibit all those 

 illustrated. 



Si/iionynnj. — The cotypes of Apocryiite>> llneutus, Alleyne & Macleay, 

 are quite similar in all details to the specimen described above. The co- 

 types of A. hivittatus, Macleay, are largely bleached, but retain traces of 

 the characteristic markings of A. hyuoeiisls, with which they ai^e evidently 

 identical. 



Logs. — Queensland ; figured specimen. Palm Islands, Queensland. 

 Cape Grenville, Queensland ; cotypes of A. lineatus. Thursday Island, 

 Torres Strait ; coll. A. R. McCulloch. Port Darwin, Northern Territory ; 

 cotypes of A. hi.vittatns. Malay Archipelago ; Dr. Day's collection. 



Amblygobids phalaena, Guvier ^- Valenciennes. « 



(Plate XXXV., fig. 1.) 



Gohins i)halaena, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii., 1837, p. 

 92. Id., Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. 67, and Fische 

 Siidsee, vi., 1877, p. 178, pi. cxi., fig. c. 



Amhlygobms phalaeva, Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bureau, xxv., 1906, 

 p. 405. Id., McCulloch, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxxvi., 1911, 

 p. 347. Id., Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mus., ii., 1913, p. 90. Id., Weber, 

 " Siboga" Exped., Ivii., 1913, p. 472. Id., Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1914, p. 650. 



Gohins annulatns, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. 688. 



D. vi/15; A. 15; P. 19 ; V. i/5 ; C. 15. 56 rows of scales between 

 the upper base of the pectoral and the hypural joint, and about 22 between 

 the anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth 3"7 in the length to the hypural joint; head 3-5 in the same. 

 Eye equal to the length of the snout, and 3-4 in the head ; interorbital 

 width 1-6 in the eye. Depth of the caudal peduncle 1-8, and caudal fin 1 

 in the head. Breadth at the bases of the pectorals 16 in the depth of the 

 body. 



