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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 Beryx affinis^^ 

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

 second haul a true Flat-head {Platyc^phalus tasmanius. Rich.) was 

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

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

 (Meffalojjs 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 b\ inches. 



Hub. Lagoon near Bronte, Upper Hawkesbury River. 



Eleotris australis, sp. nov. 

 D. 7-|. A. i. 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. 



