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Fig. 45- 



D._'h-J7: P. 12: CS: Annuli l<J-J0 + 4()-41 : sub-dorsal annuli 1-2 + 5: brood 

 annuli 04- 13. 



Siiniit ,V4 ill the liead : eye i -3 in the snout and 47 in the head: head 3 -6 

 to 4-4 in the trunk and 13-3 to 13-3 in the total length: trunk i -8 to 2-i in the 

 tail. 



Snout nnicli .shorter than the i)i:storbital pnrtion of the head, with an elevated, 

 obtuse crest which bifurcates to form very feeble supraorbital ridges: these are 

 continued backwards on each side of the head to behind the eyes: interorbital 

 space tiat, with a low median ridge, sub-continuous with the rostral crest and the 

 indefinite nuchal ridge : opercle with granular radiating striae and a low median 

 ridge. ncci])ut and nape slightly elevated: he;ul and l)ody uniformly granular: 

 body as deep as broad, with well detined angles: back slightly concave, upper 



Fifi. 45, Uhtliyocauipiis cnshitiis. 



and lower ridges continuous : lateral body ridge extends on to the two anterior 

 tail rings and is deflected downwards on the second : ventral ridge low. Anal fin 

 minute. Described from four examjiles from Spencer and St. \'incent Gulfs, 

 the longest being 214 mm. in length. The type was dredged in Spencer Gulf by 

 Sir Joseph \'erco and is "comijletcly bleached": the colour description and the 

 illustration are made from a siiecinien collected in .-Vugust. 1920, at Glenelg by 

 Messrs. Zietz and Hale. 



Colours. ( iround colour creamy: snout with sooty marks: each scute on 

 the upper half of the body from the nape to the end of the tail with a grey ring, 

 which touches its fellow in the median dorsal line, the upper angle bisecting the 



