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 briglit red ; eye-region naked ; bill and feet whitish. 

 "Whole length 11*5 inches, wing 5-0, tail 4*7. 



Bab. 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. Douglas Ogilby, Department of Fistes, Aust. Mus. 

 Sydney. (Communicated by F. Day, C.I.E., F.Z.S.). 



[Received November 1, 1886.] 

 Pimelepterus meridionalis, sp. nov. 



B. vii. D. 10-11/12. A. 3/10. V. 1/5. P. 17. C. 17. L. iat- 

 57-59. L. tr. 10/19. Ceec. pyl. ca. 460. Vert. 11/15. 

 Length of head from 485 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 300 

 to 3"20 ill the total length. Eyes : diameter from 4*00 to 4*50 in the 

 length of the head, from 1-60 to r75in 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 '. Fins : 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. Pseudobranchice 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. 



^ In connection with the dentition of Pimelepterus, I may mention that 

 Girella tricwipidata has a small patch of palatine teeth. Dr. Gijnther (Oat. i. 

 p. 427) states that "iu oue species there is a short series of palatine teeth," but 

 ne omits mentioning which species possesses this series. 



