Frost.—Otoliths of Fishes from Tertiary of New Zealand. 607 
The incidence of their occurrence is as follows :—- 
STRATIGRAPHICAL ARRANGEMENT, SHOWING OCCURRENCE OF SPECIES. 
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Otolithus (Scopelus) sulcatus Bassoli. (Plate 61, fig. 1.) 
xem —5 x 4mm. 
— Shape ovate; outer side flat, inner side slightly con- 
vex ; MENU obtuse, slight notch below antirostrum. Dorsal, ventral, 
and posterior rims rounded. Sulcus wide pe straight; ostium longer 
than cauda. 
rrence.—Tuhua, North Island, 1 mone: Pukeuri, 7 ; Awamoa, 9; 
White Rock River, 1; Ardgowan, 3; Target Gully, 1. Received from 
Geological Purroy of New Zealand and Mr. H. J. Finlay. 
Observations species was described by Bassoli in 1906 as Otolithus 
1 "sulcatus, following a similar error by Prochaska in 1893 
( Berycidarum 
with to О. ( Scopelus ) Priem pointed out the misdescription 
in 1911 (4), the sulcus being distinctly rode and in no way resembling 
that of the Berycidae. О. (Scopelus has a or prominent rostrum 
and a more distinct notch than the species now described, which agrees 
with O. (Scopelus) sulcatus described by Bassoli d) qe the Pliocene of 
Monte Gibio, near Modena, Italy. 
Age.— Tertiary (Miocene) : (EE 
