1886.] MR. OGILBY ON AN UNDESCRIBED PIMELEPTERUS. 539 
CoNURUS RUBRITORQUIS, sp. nov. (Plate LVI.) 
Green: white of throat and collar only slightly apparent ; at the 
back of the neck bright red; eye-region naked ; billand feet whitish. 
Whole length 11°5 inches, wing 5:0, tail 4°7. 
Hab. South America or West Indies. 
Obs. About the size of C. enops, but distinguished by its red 
throat and green under wing-coverts. 
4. On an undescribed Pimelepterus from Port Jackson. By 
J. Doucias Oeitzy, Department of Fishes, Aust. Mus. 
Sydney. (Communicated by F. Day, C.LE., F.Z.S.). 
[Received November 1, 1886.] 
PIMELEPTERUS MERIDIONALIS, Sp. Nov. 
Bev. 1. 10-2. A. 3/10. V. t/a. Po i7.. C. U7, Te late 
57-59. L. tr. 10/19. Cee. pyl. ca. 460. Vert. 11/15. 
Length of bead from 4°85 to 5:15, of caudal fin from 4°66 to 
5°00, of pectoral fins from 7:00 to 7:20, height of body from 3-00 
to 3°20 in the total length. Eyes: diameter from 4°00 to 4°50 in the 
length of the head, from 1°60 to 1°75 in that of the snout, and from 
2°00 to 2°30 in the convex interorbital space. Body oblong, com- 
pressed ; a transverse rounded protuberance in front of the eyes. 
Cleft of mouth small and transverse; upper jaw rather the longer ; 
the maxilla reaches to below the anterior margin of the orbit. Pre-, 
sub-, and interopercles entire. Teeth: a single row of strong 
curved conical teeth in each jaw, the horizontal portion of which is 
of equal length with the vertical; behind these rows are narrow 
bands of similar but much smaller teeth, which probably are 
intended to finally replace the outer row; vomer, palatines, and 
tongue densely crowded with minute teeth’. ins: dorsal spines 
of moderate strength, increasing in length to the seventh, which is 
about one half the length of the head, and much longer than the 
rays of the dorsal, though only equal to the first anal ray. Pectorals 
rounded, rather longer than the ventrals, and from two thirds to 
three fourths the length of the head. Third anal spine longest and 
strongest; caudal emarginate. Scales feebly ctenoid, extending 
in front of the eyes; much smaller on the head; 18 between the 
bases of the ventrals and the lateral line, and 8 between that and the 
base of the sixth dorsal spine; those below the lateral line larger 
than those above it. Pseudobranchie well developed. Gill-rakers 
20. Colours dull brownish grey, with a silvery shade below; upper 
part of head darkest ; all the fins dark. Irides a mixture of orange 
and silver. 
1 In connection with the dentition of Pimelepterus, I may mention that 
Girella tricuspidata has a small patch of palatine teeth. Dr. Giinther (Cat. i. 
p. 427) states that ‘“‘in one species there is a short series of palatine teeth,” but 
e omits mentioning which species possesses this series. 
