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hook and line in Mr. Pitt's lagoon near Bronte — a lagoon which, 

 Mr. Pitt informs me, has not been flooded during the last four 

 years. There is another fish, called a " Bream " by the settlers, 

 which we did not succeed in capturing (this is probably Berxjx affinis), 

 and a second species of Perch, which may prove to be new. At a 

 second haul a true Flat-head (Platycephalus tasmanius, Rich.) was 

 secured, besides the usual amount of "Mullet" and "Perch." 

 The smaller fry, as Galaxias scriba, Rich., and the so-called Sprat 

 (Meyalops setipinnis, Rich.), were taken with hook and line. The 

 last- mentioned species affords a good deal of sport, as it will rise to a 

 fly. I mention this fact, as some authors have denied that fly-fishing 

 existed in Australia. 



The genus Eleotris I found well represented in this river; and I 

 give a short description of four new species. 



Eleotris Coxii, sp. nov. 



D. C. \. A. 1/9. L. lat. 36 to 38. 



Twelve series of scales between the origin of the posterior dorsal 

 and the anal. Head scaly ; snout obtuse, with the lower jaw promi- 

 nent. The height of the body is contained five times and a quarter 

 in the total length ; the length of the head more than four times : 

 the horizontal diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the length of the 

 head, and equal to the width of the interorbital space. 



Coloration bright yellow ; upper part and sides finely punctured 

 with black, forming a broad, sometimes indistinct streak upon the 

 sides. Dorsals and pectorals bright yellow at the base, the first 

 punctured with black ; belly whitish. Teeth villiform, in broad 

 bands. Anal papilla large, somewhat longer than broad. 



Total length 5-j- inches. 



Hub. Lagoon near Bronte, Upper Hawkesbury River. 



Eleotris australis, sp. nov. 

 D. 7\. A. \. L. lat. 32. 



Eight series of scales between the origin of the posterior dorsal 

 fin and the anal. Head scaly, as far as the snout, obtuse ; lower 

 jaw prominent ; teeth in villiform bands. The height of the body 

 is contained four times and a half in the total length, and the head 

 four times and a quarter ; the horizontal diameter of the eye is one- 

 half the width of the interorbital space. General coloration yel- 

 lowish brown, covered with minute black spots, which form five or 

 six longitudinal lines upon the sides ; base of pectorals with a nar- 

 row bright yellow band ; all the rays of the caudal spotted with 

 black ; second dorsal with three or four narrow, sometimes indistinct 

 bands. Anal papilla as long as the horizontal diameter of the eye, 

 and nearly as broad. Total length 5 inches. 



Hab. Creeks near Sydney, Hawkesbury River and its tributaries, 

 Hunter River, and Clarence River. 



