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States National Museum authorities, to whom we are indebted for the several 

 perfected examples of the art now on view in the Central Hall of our own 

 Natural History Museum. As a recent exponent of the perfection with which 

 certain animal forms may be thus immortalised in paint and plaster, it may be men- 

 tioned that Professor E. Kay Lankester's exhibit at last year's Conversazione of the 

 lioyal Society consisted of a couple of finely executed models of the New Zealand 

 Lizard, Sphenodon punctatus, to which, on account of the soft, wrinkled character 

 of its skin, it is almost impossible to render justice by any ordinary process of 

 taxidermy. A diagrammatically arranged index which will allow of the ready identifi- 

 cation of the many fish forms reproduced in this Plate, is herewith appended. The 

 circumstance that the Barracouta, No. 2, occupying the central position in the top 

 row, was, in the flesh, precisely three feet long, will afford a convenient key to the 

 dimensions of the various species there portrayed. 



In addition to the Hobart and Silver Trumpeters, Latris hecateia and 

 L. Forsteri, there are two or three other species of the same genus, one of which, 

 L. ciliaris, is common in New Zealand, and is met with as far north as Sydney. 

 A large but rare form that is occasionally taken in Tasmanian waters has been 



INDEX TO COLOURED PLASTER CASTS OF TASMANIAN FISH PHOTOGRAPHICALLY 



REPRODUCED IN PLATE XXVIII. 



123 



LEATHER JACKET. BARRACOUTA. LEATHER JACKET. 



Monacanthiis sp. Thyrsites atun. Monacanthus sp. 



45878 



PORCUPINE FISH. VELVET FISH. ROCK COD. FLATHEAD. FLOUNDER. 



Cfiiloinytteriit jacuHferus. Holoxeiuis ctitaneus. Pseudophycis barbatus. Ptatyeephalus bassensis. Rhombsolea monopiu. 



9 10 11 12 



HOBART TRUMPETER. COLONIAL SALMON. SILVER TREVALLY. AUS. DOREY. 



Latris hecateia. Arripis salar. Caranx georglantts. Cyttus australis. 





 13 14 IS 16 



MAGPIE PERCH. SEA PERCH. SEA CARP. SILVER TRUMPETER. 



Chilodactylus tizoiiariiis. Chifodactyliis mmropterus. Chilodactylus Allporti. Latris Forsteri. 



17 18 19 



BLUE HEAD PARROT FISH. CAT FISH. HOBART TRUMPETER. 



Labriethys eeruleus. Katheto&toma levis. Latris hecateia. 



20 21 



ELEPHANT FISH AND EGG CASE. BUTTER FISH. 



CaUorhynchtts antarcticu*. Chilodactyltts spectabilis. 



22 23 24 25 



RED PERCH. ROCK GURNET. PARROT FISH. GARFISH. 



Anthias rasor. Sebastes percoides. Labricthys laticlavius. Hemirhamphm intermeditts. 



