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In the Society's Proceedings of lOth May, 1881, I 

 described a shell as Belphinula Johnstoni. I now find that 

 the Eev. J. E. Tenison Woods described the same shell as 

 Crossed Cancellata. I was led into this error by the Eev. 

 Tenison Woods, who described a fossil shell of the Tertiary 

 period, of the same form, as I)el]jhinula tetragonostoma. 



NOTE ON CLINUS DESPICILLATUS, RICHARDSON, 



AND BOYICHTHTS VAEIEaATUS, IBID. 



By Eobt. M. Johnston, F.L.S. 



[Read 9th October, 1882.] 



I recently obtained two specimens of the genus Clinus, 

 which was known to be viviparous long before the time of 

 the great French naturalist, Cuvier. It is stated by Dr. 

 Gunther that Bloch verified this fact in the diagnosis of 

 Clinus superciliosus. One of the two species which I have 

 referred to was examined by me, and was found to be full of 

 young fish, most of them having just burst the egg. Under 

 the microscope the pulsations of the heart were distinctly 

 visible, and all the parts seemed to be well developed, 

 although from the specimen exhibited it will be seen that 

 each individual is extremely minute. The eyes, relative to 

 the size of the body, seem very large. They were of a 

 beautiful bright blue colour when alive, and were perfectly 

 formed. The following are the chief characteristics of the 

 parent fish : — 



B.5. D3 3/. A.^^. V.^. 

 Total length, 16 inches ; greatest depth, 5 inches. Although 

 the three specimens examined by me had 6 soft rays in 

 posterior dorsal fin, I have no hesitation in classing them as 

 Clinus despicillatus, Eichards. 



I also obtained a specimen of BovicJdhys variegatus, 

 Eichardson, 5^ inches long, which is extremely rare: — 



D. 8/19. A. 17. P. 15. 

 Body ornamented with 8 crossbars. 



