On T<\hi\nidse from Australia etc. 207 



8. LiMNOTHRlSSA, gen. nov. 



Maxillary broad throughout its length, its deiitigerous 

 nmrgiu extending right up to the prseinaxillary ; latter with 

 quite small teeth, hut dentition of lower jaw, palatines, and 

 tongue as in Pellonula. Abdomen in front of pelvic fins 

 rounded, with scutes but weakly keeled ; scutes behind 

 pelvic fins strong!}' keeled and acutely pointed. Vertebise 44. 



Limnothrissa miodon. (Fig. 2, 7.) 



Pellimula miodon (part.), Bouleng-. Cat. Afr. Fisb. i. p. 157, fig. 125 

 (1909), 



Depth of body 4| in tlie length, length of head 3| to 4. 

 Snout as long as diameter of eye, which is 3g- in length of 

 head ; maxillary extending to below anterior ^ of eye ; lower 

 jaw slightly j)rojeeting. 31 to 33 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Ahout 45 scales in a longitudinal and 

 14 in a transverse series; ventral scutes 13-14 + 10-11. 

 Dorsal 15 ; origin eiuidistant from end of snout and base 

 of caudal. Anal lG-18. Pelvics below middle or anterior 

 part of dorsal. Lateral band broad. 



Tanganyika. 



Four specimens, 100 to 140 mm. in total lenj,th, from 

 Ndanvie, Tembwi, and Kasakaiewa ; also some young 

 examples not included in the description. 



XV. — Neiv Species o/ Tabanida/row Australia and the 

 Fiji Islands. By Gkrtkude Ricardo. 



The identification of species and descriptions of new species 

 contained in this paper are from specimens forwarded to 

 Mr. Marshall by Dr. E. \V^ Ferguson and Dr. J. Burton 

 Cltland. 



One new species from the Fiji Islands, the type being in 

 the British Museum Coll., is included. The types of all the 

 new species will i)e presented to the British Museum by 

 the Imperial Institute of liconomic Entomology, with the 

 exception of a few species belonging to the South Australian 

 Museum and the National Museum, Victoria ; in these 

 cases, paratypes are kept for the Britisli Museum. 



