576 Davis—On the Fossil Fishes of the Chalk of Mount Lebanon. 
Clupea sardinoides, PicTer. 
C. sardinoides. Prcrer, J. F., 1850. ‘* Desc. de quel. poiss. foss. du Mt. Liban.,” 
p. 38, pl. vit, fig. 2. 
C. sardinoides. Picrer et Humbert. ‘‘Nouy. rech. sur les poiss. foss. du Mt. 
Liban.,” p. 66, pl. vim, figs. 1-4. 
C. sardinoides. Frass, Oscar, 1878. ‘‘ Aus dem Orient. II. Theil. Geolog. beobach. 
am Libanon,” p. 91. 
The admirable description and observations of MM. Pictet and Humbert 
render any further remarks unnecessary. 
Formation and Locality—Hard chalk: Hakel, Mount Lebanon. 
Ex coll—Museum at Geneva, &c.; common. 
Clupea laticauda, Prerer. 
C. laticauda. Picrer, F. J., 1850. ‘‘ Dese. de quel. poiss. foss. du Mt. Liban.,” 
p. 39, pl. vu.., fig. 3. 
C. laticauda. Picrer et Humprrr, 1866. ‘Nouv. rech. sur les poiss. foss. du 
Mt. Liban.,” p. 69. 
C. laticauda. Fraas, Oscar, 1878. ‘‘ Aus dem Orient. II. Theil. Geolog. beobach. 
am Libanon,” p. 91. 
This species approaches nearest to C. sardinoides and C. lata, but may be 
distinguished by its anal fin, which is supported by fourteen interspinous bones 
in place of seven or eight, and by the rays of the base of the caudal, which 
are smaller and more numerous. 
Formation and Locality—Upper Cretaceous: Hakel, Mount Lebanon. 
Clupea beurardi, BUAINVILLE. 
C. beurardi. Buarnvinyez, 1818. ‘ Ichthyologie,” p. 61. 
C. beurardi. Agassiz, L. 1833-43. ‘Rech. sur les Poiss. foss.,” vol. v., p. 117, 
pl. Lx1., figs. 6-9. 
C. beurardi. Prcrer et Humperr, 1866. ‘Nouv. rech. sur les poiss. foss. du 
Mont Liban.,” p. 70. 
C. beurardi. FRraas, Oscar, 1878. “ Aus dem Orient. II. Theil. Geolog. beobach. 
am Libanon,” p. 91. 
The original type of this species is now with the Enniskillen Collection at the 
new Natural History Museum, London, It has the following inscription, in the 
