BY J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 27' 



wards the entrance, through which it disappears Hke a 

 flash on any incautious movement of the spectator. If, 

 however, perfect quiet be maintained the head will shortly 

 be seen to emerge from the other entrance, intently scruti 

 nizing its surroundings to ascertain whether the danger be 

 past. When they take refuge at the bottom of their retreat 

 it is not an easy matter to dig them out. 



Described from five specimens collected in Great 

 Sandy Strait by myself and a much larger example obtained', 

 at Woody Point by Mr. J. T. Jamison. 



Gohius cristatus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales ^ 

 V, 1880, p. 610 (20 May, 1881) : Port Jackson. 



Gohius yohioides Ogilby, Catal. Fish. N. S. Wales, J 886, 

 p. 35. Substitute for G. cristatus Macleay, pre- 

 occupied — Stead, Eggs and Breed. Hab. Fish, 

 1907, p. 60. 



SCORP^NID.E. 



SCORP^NOPSIS PALMERl sp. nOV. 



D. xii 10 ; A. iii 5 ; P. 17 (1+ 5 + H) ' Sc. 8-45 to 

 47-13*; L. lat. 22 or 23. Depth of body 3, of caudal 

 peduncle 8-75, length of head 2-6, of caudal fin 4, of pectoral 

 3-55, of ventral 4 in length of body. Length of snout 2*85, 

 diameter of eye 4-5, width of interorbit 6*55, length of 

 maxillary 1-9, of longest dorsal spine 2*1, of longest anal 1-8 

 in length of head. 



Snout long, its upper profile strongly convex, the 

 preocular groove deep ; lateral interorbital ridge low, not 

 ending in a spine ; an anterior median ridge, bisecting 

 the preocular groove ; lower jaw the longer, without sym- 

 physial protuberance ; maxillary extending to below the 

 middle of the eye, the width ot its distal extremity equal 

 to or a trifle more than that of the interorbit. Nasal, 

 preocular, postocular (2), exoccipital, nuchal (2), tympanic, 

 and parietal (3) spines present. Preorbital with a strong 

 median hooked spine, from which radiate four smooth 

 ridges, only the lower anterior of which terminates in a 

 spine ; the posterior ridge is continuous with that of the 

 suborbital, which is armed with three strong spines ; behind 

 these, but separated from them by a groove, is a stout double 

 preopercular spine, below which are four graduated ridges, 



* Above first anal spinp. 



