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Body moderately deep and thick, tlie l>ack elevated anteriorly. Moutli sub- 

 vertical, the maxillary reaching backward to below the eye and hidden in a fold 

 of skin: eye small, round, and jjrojecting abo\'e the cheek, which is deeply 

 hollowed beneath it: teeth long, cardiforni, and depressil)le : they are arranged in 

 two series on the anterior part of the preniaxillaries. but become uniserial later- 

 ally, the inner ones nnich the larger; mandibular teeth much larger, biserial, 

 becoming uniserial postcriorh' ; two rows of similar teeth on each side of the 

 vomer and on the jialatincs; somewhat smaller teeth on the tongue and 

 ])haryngeals. 



Skin thickly co\ercd with long, upstanding, bifurcate, spiniform bristles; 

 they are en\eloped in membrane in well-i)reser\cd specimens, onlv their points 

 |irojecting: they extend on to the rays of all the tins. l)ut are replaced Ijy soft 

 tentacles on the distal portions of the caudal and anal. 



Fins. First dorsal spine slender, covered by bifurcate bristles, which form 

 a cluster at its tip. together with some dermal tentacles: second spine similar to 

 the tirst. but with larger bristles: third spine enveloped in thick skin and con- 

 nected with the back b\- membrane: soft dorsal formed of simple rays, the tijjs 

 of which project beyond the membrane; the median ones are the highest: anal 

 o])])osite the end of, and terminating behind, the soft dorsal ; the median rays are 

 highest, anrl equal to those of the dorsal: pectorals and ventrals rounded, with 

 thick- simple ra}'s which are bristh' on their upper surfaces: caudal rounded, with 

 bifurcate ra\-s. 



Coloiir-iiinrkiiu/s. Whitish, with dark 1)rown and blackish markings; the 

 most striking are two oblique spot.s between the bases of the anterior dorsal rays 

 an<l the pectoral, another below the middle of the soft dorsal, and one at the base 

 of the posterior dorsal ray: a quadrangular line encloses a white area on the 

 ciieek : a doubly-curved line crosses the nape, and numerous spots and oblique 

 bars are jjresent on the sides: soft dorsal with an inframarginal row of grey 

 blotches, and some darker ones towards its base. 



Described from two specimens 80 and loy mm. long, the smaller of which 

 is W'cll preserved, but the larger is a beach-dried example: the figure is unfor- 

 tunately Ijased on the latter, but correctly illustrates the characters of the s])ecies. 



In identif\ing them as . /. iiiitcluilii Morion, we rely less upon the descri])tion 

 of that species than upon notes, and a sketch made Ijy one of us from the tyjie, 

 which is preser\ed in the Tasmanian Museum. The great length of the bristles 

 and the character of the first and second dorsal spines readily distinguish it from 

 any other Australian S])ecies. 



/.('('. The larger specimen was found by one of us on Brighton beach, 

 South Australia: the smaller w-as obtained by the Federal trawler "Endeavour," 

 off Wilson's Promontory. X'ictoria. 



