62 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



size, separated by a scaly interorbital space ; .the upper is in advance of the lower. 

 Upper anterior nostril in a simple tube which may reach the anterior margin of the 

 lower eye ; posterior nostril in a tube directly before the eye : lower anterior nostril 

 above the upper lip, with a raised skinny margin ; the posterior in a tube beneath the 

 upper eye. Teeth in a band on the left ramus of each jaw. Mouth opening backwards 

 to below the anterior fourth of the eye ; lower lip with a few tentacles, but not fringed. 

 Gill-membranes projecting posteriorly, and uniting \vdth the rudimentary pectorals 

 to form broad tubular openings. 



Dorsal fin commencing slightly before the anterior margin of the eye ; the 

 raj'S increase regularly in length backward, and are all simple, Avith their tips pro- 

 jecting slightly beyond the membrane. Anal of similar form to the dorsal. Caudal 

 rounded, its rays simple. Ventrals opposite each other and subequal, the second 

 rays longest. Pectorals rudimentary, suljequal, with a few short rays which are less 

 than half as long as the eye ; they are united with the gill-membranes as described 

 above. Lateral line straight from the back of the head to the median caudal rays ; 

 on the upper side, it curves upward and forward to the front margin of the head. 



Colour. — Dark brown above, with from twenty-two to twenty-four darker 

 cross-bars on the head, body, and tail, which are narrower than the interspaces. The 

 margins of the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins are lighter than the remaining portions, 

 and the cross-bars of the body are also faintly indicated on the fins. 



Described from two specimens 190-200 mm. long ; the figure represents the 

 larger specimen. I have compared these with Macleay's type, and find them to be 

 structurally identical in all details except the formation of the upper anterior nostril ; 

 in the type, this is bilobed instead of simply tubular, but I regard this as being 

 probably abnormal. The specimen described and figured by Waite is preserved in 

 the Australian Museum ; it only differs from mine in having fewer cross-bars on the 

 body. 



Locs. — I have examined five specimens from the northern portion of the 

 New South Wales coast as follows : — 



Eight miles N. 10° E. of the north head of the Richmond River, 16-18 fathoms ; 

 Eleven miles S. xE. from Ballina, Richmond River, 28 fathoms ; 

 Eleven miles north of Cape Byron, 27 fathoms. 



SYNAPTURA CRATICULA, sp. no v. 



(Plate IX., fig. 1.) 



D. 73-79 ; A. 62-67 ; V. 4 ; C. 17-18. L. lat. 90 ; L. tr. 30/1/38. Depth 2.3-2.4 

 in the length from the snout to the hy[Dural ; head 6-3-6-5 in the same. Ej^e 3-3-3, 

 posterior dorsal and anal raj's 1-.5-1-7, longest ventral ray 2-2-2, and caudal fin 1-1-1 

 in the head. 



Scales ctenoid above and below, and extending onto the fin-rays. Head 

 closely scaly above, without cirri ; lower surface with cirrhose scales on the anterior 

 portion, and numerous cirri "on the lower profile and along the margin of the gill- 

 opening. Eyes rather large, contiguous, and raised above the head ; the upper is 

 very shghtly in advance of the lower, and there is no scaly interorbital space. Upj^er 

 anterior nostril in a simple tube, which just reaches the anterior margin of the eye ; 

 lower anterior nostril not dilated. Microscopic teeth are present on the bUnd side 



