58 ON A LIZARD AND THREE SPECIES OF SALARIAS, 
Colour, above shining brown; on the back, six black lines, one 
traversing each row of dorsal scales; below, yellowish, with a 
conspicuous patch of bright salmon colour, or red, before or 
behind the vent; tail beneath, whitish, flecked with black; 
flanks speckled with black; face and lips with black and white. 
Length, 11 cm. Loc. Breakfast Creek (Ff. A. Blackman) ; 
Macleay Island, Moreton Bay (H. Tryon.) 
The very natural group of Blennies, passing under the name 
Salarias, though by no means so prolific in species foreign to 
_ Australia as the typical genus, is almost as numerously 
specialized in Queensland waters. What peculiar conditions 
may favour their multiplicity therein is yet to be ascertained— 
indeed, all the writer has been able to learn of their habits is 
that they hide beneath stones, or shells, or in the rock perfora- 
tions left by boring mollusca, whence they dart out after their 
prey; that out of water they are extremely agile, leaping over 
the bare rocks, by the resilience of their scaleless body, in such 
a manner as almost to elude capture; and that they turn 
ferociously on the capturer, with the design, often successful, of 
burying their long fangs in unwary fingers. Several species 
have been recorded from Moreton Bay, and to these may now be 
added three which, as well as the rest, have been made known 
to us by Mr. D. MacPherson. 
SALARIUS LUPUS. 
D. 30, A. 20. 
The height of the body and length of the head are each 5 
in the total length. Dorsal not notched, higher anteriorly, the 
third ray being three-fifths of the height of the body, the 
web behind the last ray not reaching the base of the caudal fin. 
No crest on the nape, nor tentacles on the head. A _ short 
simple filament, half as long as the diameter of the eye, over the ~ 
orbit; another, still shorter, at each anterior nares. Profile of 
nape and vertex, oblique; of muzzle, convex. Lower canines, 
large; upper canines, small. Caudal subtruncate, slightly 
