of the Genera Pomolubii?, Bievoortia, &c. 305 



2. llilsa durhanensis. 



C'lupea durbanen.v's, "Regan, Ann. Natal Govt, Miis. i. 190G, p. 4, 

 pi. iv. ; Gilchrist, S. Afr. Mar. Biol. Rep. i. 1913, p. 59. 



Depth of boily 2^ to 3 in the length, length of head 3| to 

 3f . Parietal riuges expanded and striated. Snout as long 

 as or sliglitly longer than diameter of eye, which is 4 to 4^ 

 in length of iiead ; maxillary extending to below middle or 

 ])osterior part of eye; wiilth of opercukun f its deptli ; 150 

 gill-rakers on lower part of aiiterior arch. 42 to 44 scales in 

 a longitudinal, 13 or ]4 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes 

 16-17 + 12-13. Dorsal 17-1«. Anal 19-21. Pelvics 

 below anterior half of dorsal. Caudal irin about as lonjj as 

 head. A dark hunieial spot. Upper edge of dorsal and 

 posterior edge of caudal bluckisli. 



Natal. 



Three specimens from Durban, 140 to 200 mm. in total 

 length. 



Gilchrist has examined a large example, 240 mm. long to 

 base of caudal fin ; in this the head is 3? in the length, and 

 there are 200 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior 

 arch. 



3. llilsa hrachysoma. 



? Alosa brevis, Bleek. J. Ind. Arcli. ii. no. 9, 1848, p. 638 ; Atl. Ichtli. 



vi. p. 116 (1872). 

 Alosa bruchysoma, Bleek. Nat. Tijdsclir. Ned. Ind. v. 1853, p. 527 ; 



Atl. Ichtii. vi. p. llo, Ckip. pi. iv. tig. 5 (1872). 

 Clupea platij(iaster, Giiuth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 448 (18G8) ; Weber & 



Beaufort, i'ish. ludo-Austral. Arch. ii. p. 66, tig. 24 (1913). 



Depth of body 2\ in the length, length of head 3?. 

 Parietal ridges expanded and striated. Snout as long as 

 diameter of eye, which is 4 in length of head; maxillary 

 extending beyond middle of eye ; width of operculum 'i its 

 dejttli ; 100 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 42 

 se;.les in a longitudinal, 15 in a transverse series; ventral 

 scutes 17 + 12. Dorsal 17-18. Anal 20-21. Pelvics below 

 middle of dorsal. Caudal about as long as head. A dark 

 humeral spot ; dorsal and caudal dark-edged. 



Sumatra. 



Here described from Blccker's tyi)e and only specimen, 

 which has the luad ami body deeper and the lower jaw longer 

 elc. than in A. hanagurta of this size (120 mm.) ; also the 

 first mid-dorsal post-cephalic scale is a striated bony plate. 



Weber and Beaufort^s figure is of a fish that agrees with 

 Blet ker's in the appearance of the head, but is more elongate 

 in form, the depth about 2§ in the length. 



