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of cranium, viewed from above, ratlier more rounded, the 

 fronto-parietal ridge less sliarply deflected at the suture. 

 Nasals broader and much less sharply cut away at the 

 anterior extremity. Teeth similar to those of E. s. pemangilis. 

 Meamrements. — Collectors' external measurements (taken 

 in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 214 (204 *) mm. ; tail 185 (188) ; hind 

 foot 41 (42) ; ear 22 (23). 



Cranial measurements: greatest length 47"8 (49) ; basal 

 length 420 (41*7) ; length of nasals 17'4 (19-8); greatest 

 breadth of nasals 5"8 (5*6) ; shortest distance between tips 

 of nasals and lachrymal notch 19"0 (20'4) j palatal length 

 22-3 (22) ; diastema 13-9 (134) ; length of palatal foramina 

 7*1 (6"9) ; breadth of combined palatal foramina 4*1 (3"9) ; 

 zygomatic breadth 21*2 (21) ; cranial breadth 17'3 (17"2) ; 

 depth of rostrum at anterior extremity of palatal foramina 

 8*9 (9'3) ; breadth of rostrum midway between henselion and 

 palatal foramina 7*1 (8*0) ; upper molar row 7*2 (7'5). 



Specimens examined. — Fifteen skins and skulls and one 

 additional skull, all Irom the type locality. 



Remarks. — This race can be readily separated from the 

 adjacent E. s. pemangilis by its duller coloration and by the 

 shorter and less acuminate nasals, which seem a fairly 

 constant feature. 



LXX. — Eight New Fishes from Baluchistan, By Dr. EricH 

 ZuGMAYER, of the Zoological Museum, Munich. 



Among a collection of marine and freshwater fishes which 

 I made during a journey along the Mekran coast and in the 

 interior of Baluchistan the following appear to be new. 



I. Marine Fishes. 



Platycephalus platysonia, sp. n. 



Distinct from all other species by its strongly depressed 

 body, whose depth is less than ^g o^ the total length. Length 

 of head a little over 3^ in total length, breadth of head 4| in 

 the same. Interorbital space flat, equal to 2 diameters of 



* Measurements in parentheses are those of the type of Mus sm-ifer 

 ffrandis. 



