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the anterior one on the front surface of the snout just internal to the 

 root of the maxillary cirrus, divided from the posterior by the nasal 

 cirrus ; the posterior nostril rather more than one diameter from the 

 median line of the skull. Nasal cirri thin, extending to opposite 

 the posterior margin of the orbit ; the maxillary reaching to the 

 commencement of the base of the anal fin ; the two pairs of labial 

 cirri arise close together, the root of the internal one slightly in front 

 of that of the external one, and both nearly under the symphysis, 

 whilst they reach to the first third of the pectoral fin. 



Teeth in both jaws in numerous fine rows ; those in the vomer 

 and palatine bones separated by a very short interspace in the central 

 line, and each of these again divided into two separate patches of an 

 almost oval form, so that their inner margin has three emarginations. 



Fins. Dorsal commences opposite the centre of the pectoral. Ven- 

 tral under the posterior third of the dorsal. Adipose dorsal over 

 about the thirty-second anal ray. First dorsal pointed ; its spiue 

 sharp, strong, rugose anteriorly, and serrated posteriorly in its upper 

 two-thirds, whilst it has a soft termination. Pectoral spine strong, 

 finely serrated internally, whilst it is one-fourth longer than the 

 dorsal spine. Ventral small, and extending as far as the anus. 

 Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. 



Lateral line nearly straight, dividing into two at the root of the 

 caudal fin. 



Air-bladder large, simple. 



Colours. Silvery, with a gloss of green along the back and head. 

 Caudal stained rather darkish. All the other fins diaphanous. 



Grows to upwards of 1 1 foot in length, and is good eating. 



Hab. Kurnool and the rivers of the Deccan. 



May 23, 1867. 



Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



Mr. E. Blyth, C.M.Z.S., exhibited a series of drawings of the 

 horns of various Indo-Chinese species of Deer (Cervus duvauceli, 

 C. schomburgki, &c.). 



Mr. Blyth also exhibited two specimens of Crows from a collection 

 of skins sent from Australia, evidently of two different species, one 

 being considerably larger than the other, and difl^ering in some other 

 particulars. Tbe smaller kind was stated to be that figured in Mr. 

 Gould's 'Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pi. 18, as C. coronoides, Gould, 

 where the figure is stated to be of the natural size ; but the specimen 

 exhibited had a longer wing, measuring 1 2 inches from the carpus, and 

 the lanceolate feathers of the front of the neck were considerably less 

 strongly developed than in Mr. Gould's representation of the species. 



