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preservative; they ai-e iiKiicated in llie drawiiio'. A minute jjost-anal i)a])illa 

 is jiresent. 



Colours. Forelieatl, iucludiiij^' the tirst dorsal spine, tlie front of the snout 

 and tip of tlie ehin white. This is foHowed by a jet black band, which arises 

 nari'owly at the base of the second spine, l)roadens, and passes obiiquelj" tlirong'h 

 the eye across the hinder half of the snout, encircling" the lower jaw behind the 

 chin. Tile rest of the head, body, and fins are of deep cotfee colour. 



Locality etc. Described from two specimens, of which the smaller is 

 marked as the type. The variation in the number of rays enclosed within brackets 

 refers to the larger specimen; tliis measures 160 mm. in length, and was collected 

 on the beach at Glenelg, South Australia, after a severe storm, by members of the 

 Museum staff. The ty])e, which measures 130 mm. in length, was taken at the 

 same place and under similar conditions l)y Mr. H. M. Cooper. Type, No. F. 455. 



This species differs from all other described members of the genus by having 

 three spines in the anal fin. Many writers would regard this as justifying the 

 erection of a new genus, and 1 shall be quite prepared to learn of the species 

 being so erected. The number of genera constituted noAvadays is overwhelming, 

 and the practice must sooner or later fall under the weight of the burden cast 

 upon it. One of the negative characters ascribed to the genus is the absence of 

 preorbital spines, yet in ('. (jra>nil((fi(s from the Cape, three rough preorbital 

 spines are described. Jordan and Starks ( ^) contrast their Ocoaia with Agriopus 

 and apparently inadvertently stnte that it differs therefrom in lacking the 

 preopei'cular spine. In the description of the species 0. vespu, thtev describe the 

 maxillary as reaching to below the middle of the eye, a statement at variance 

 with tlie figure. This species agrees with (\ Iniconiftopon in having three anal 

 spines, but its general alliance ajipears to be with Tftrarofje rather than with 

 Congiopus. 



(4) Jordan & Starks, Proe. U.S. Nat. Miis., xxvii, 1904, p. 162, fig. 17, 



