of the Genera Sarcliiiella, TIarengula, d&c. 391 



is 3 to ?>\ ill the length of head, equal to or greater than its 

 distance from lower edge of piaeoperculnm ; maxillary ex- 

 tending to below anterior ^ of eye or a little beyond ; depth 

 of operculum about \ length of head. 30 to 34 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. 42 to 45 scales in a longitudinal, 

 11 or 12 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes 16-20 + 11-14. 

 Dorsal 17-19. Anal 17-19. Pelvics below or a little in 

 advance of middle of dorsal. Anterior part of dorsal blackish 

 superiorly. Vertebra'. 44-. 



Tropical Iiido-Pacifio, from E. Africa to the Paiimotu 

 Archipelago. 



Numerous examples, 60 to 130 mm. in total length, in- 

 cluding the types of //. moluccensls and H. kunzei. 



8. Ilarengula schratntm. 



Alosa schrammi, Bleek. Verli. Bat. Gen. xxii. 1849, Bali, p. 11. 

 Clupea schrammi, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. vi. p. 109, Clup. pi. xiv. fij?. Z 

 (1872) ; Weber & Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austral Arch. ii. p. 8y (1913j. 



Depth of body 4 to 4^ in the length, length of liead 4 to 

 4|. Snout a little longer than diameter of eye, which i.s 3^ 

 to 3f in the length of head ; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior ^ of eye. 32 to 34 gill-rakers on lower part of {inte- 

 rior arch. About 42 scales in a lnn<;itudinal and 12 in a 

 transverse series ; ventral scutes 17-18 + 12. Dorsal 18-19. 

 Anal 18-19. Pelvics 8-iayed, below or a little in advance of 

 middle of dorsal. N'^ertebrie 42. 



J\lalay Archipelago. 



Four specimens, 100 to 115 mm. in total length, from 

 Mlsol and Goram ; wiih these I have compared the type, a 

 small fish in bad condition. 



9. TIarengula castelnaul. 



Kowaln casMnmd, Ogilbv, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxii. 1897. 

 p. 6G. '■ 



Depth of body 2^ to 3i in the lengtii, length of head about 

 4. 8nout a little shorter than diameter of eye, which is 3 in 

 the lengtii of head ; maxillary extending to below anterior J- 

 or middle of eye. 45 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. 40 to 42 scales in a longitudinal, 12 in a transverse 

 series; ventral scutes 16-19 + 10-13. Dor.al 17-19. Anal 

 18-21. Pelvics below middle or anterior i of dorsal. Tip 

 of dorsal and ends of caudal lobes blackish. - 



New South Wales. 



Nine specimens, 130 to 180 mm. in total length. 



