428 MR. G. A. BOCLENGEE ON [Apr. 6, 



4. SlCYDITTM CTNOCEPHALUM, C. & V. 



N. Celebes : Lolak E. 



5. Eleotris aporos, Blkr. 



N. Celebes : Minahassa. 

 C. Celebes : Kalaeaa E. 



6. Eleotris fusca, Schn. 



N. Celebes : Lolak E. 

 C. Celebes : Mapane. 



7. Eleotris bblobroncha, C. & V. 

 N. Celebes : Lolak E. 



8. Anabas scandens, Dald. 



N. Celebes : L. Lahenclang, 

 C. Celebes : L. Posso. 

 S. Celebes : Macassar. 



9. Ophiocephaltts steiatus, B1. 



N. Celebes : L. Lahendang. 

 C. Celebes : L. Posso. 



Telmatheeijta, g. n. 



Allied to Atherina, but distinguished by the more strongly 

 compressed body, the absence of a silvery lateral band, and the 

 smaller number of vertebrae (17 + 16) '. 



10. Tblmatherina celebensis, sp. n. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 3.) 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 3 to Sj times in total 

 length ; length of head 3^ to 3g times. Upper surface of head 

 flat, or slightly concave between the eyes ; snout not projecting 

 beyond the lower jaw, as long as the diameter of the eye, which is 

 nearly 3 times in length of head, and a little less than interorbital 

 width ; mouth not extending to below anterior border of eye ; 

 teeth very small, forming a narrow villiform band. Gill-rakers 

 moderately stout, nearly as long as gill-fringes, 15 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Snout and sides of head naked ; posterior 

 frontal and occipital regions with 8 large scales. Dorsal VI- VII, 

 11-12 ; the first dorsal much shorter than, and well separated 

 from, the second, with the rays flexible but not articulate, the 

 first prolonged in a filament ; origin of first dorsal equally distant 

 from the end of the snout and the base of the tail. Anal I 

 12-14, corresponding to the soft dorsal. Pectoral 16, obtusely 

 pointed, upper rays longest, as long as head less snout, inserted at 

 equal distance from the upper and the lower profile. Ventral I 5, 

 inserted far behind the base of pectoral, opposite to origin of first 



' I am indebted to Mr. J. Green for a sciagraph by means of which I have 

 been enabled to count the vertebrre without injuring the specimen. 



JD AUG 1897 



