■1908.] of the family orectolobid.e. 349 



1. Parascyllium. 



Parascyllium Gill, Ann. Lye, N. York, 1861, p. 412 ; Giinth. 

 Cat. Fish. viii. p. 410 (1870). 



Head rather elongate ; body very elongate, subcylindrical. 

 Mouth slightly arched, near the end of the snout ; teeth small, 

 pointed, with or without accessory cusps ; lower lip not divided 

 by a symphysial groove. Nasal valves separate, each with an 

 olDtuse cirrus. Eye small ; a longitudinal fold below the eye. 

 Spiracles very small, below the level of the eyes and posterior to 

 them. First four gill-openings of moderate width ; last con- 

 siderably wider ; last two close together and above the base of 

 pectoral. Dorsal fins subequal, the first behind the pelvics, the 

 second in part posterior to the anal, which terminates at a con- 

 siderable distance from the caudal. Caudal of moderate length ; 

 axis scarcely directed upwards ; lower lobe notched posteriorly. 

 Pectorals broad, rounded. 



Two species fi"om Australia. 



1. Parascyllium collare. 



Parascyllium variolatu^m {iion Dumeril) Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. 

 p. 410 (1870). 



Parascylliicm collare Ramsay & Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 Wales, (2) iii. 1889, p. 1310; Waite, Mem. Austral. Mus. iv. 

 1899, p. 32, pi. ii. fig. 2. 



No dorsal keel. Mouth near the end of snout ; fold of lower 

 lip broadly interrupted ; nasal cirrus short. First dorsal origi- 

 nating above the posterior edge of pelvics ; free edge of the fin 

 straight or convex ; length of base f the distance from second 

 dorsal, which originates al)ove the posterior part of anal. Anal 

 longer than deep, its base rather longer than that of either 

 dorsal, but shorter than its distance from the caudal. Brownish 

 above, yellow below ; back with some broad dark transverse bars ; 

 upper parts of body and fins with round dark spots. 



Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. 



1. (860 mm.). Tasmania. M. Allport, Esq. 



2. (750 mm.). Tasmania. 



2. Parascyllium variolatum. 



Hemiscyllium variolatum Dumeril, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, 

 p. 121, pi. iii. fig. 1, and Elasmobr. p. 327 (1865). 



Parascyllium nuchale MacCoy, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xiii. 1874, 

 p. 15, pi. ii. 



A broad blackish transverse band extending from behind the 

 eye to the root of the pectoral, covered with small white spots ; 

 numerous white spots on the body ; along the side a series of six 

 white semicircles, which may unite to form an undulating stripe, 

 extending from pectoral to caudal ; each fin with a pair of dai'k 

 spots at its free edge and one at its base. In structural characters 

 apparently very similar to P. collare^ but evidently distinct. 



Coasts of Victoria and Tasmania. 



