479 



more or le«s coini)lete ring of scutes around tlie eiul of tlie 

 caudal peduncle. 



Tj'ifr ('(Jf)t/rs. — Ground pale-yellow, with black spots and 

 bars distributed as follows: — Bases of tlie dorsal and anal 

 fins each with a laree black spot, which may be divided into- 

 two; caudal peduncle witli two spots, one behind the caudal 

 ring, and anotlior larger one in front of it; base of pectoral 

 more or less completely black, as is the fleshy area behind 

 the lips and the nostrils; a black band from below and behind 

 the eye to tlie liinder part of the carapace is usually present, 

 but may be incomplete or absent;; a broad black ring around 

 each of the body spine®. 



Described from eight specimens, 72-106 mm. long; the 

 specimen figured is 90 mm. in length. 



Loc. — Off the nioutji of the Murray River, South Aus- 

 tralia, 20 fathoms; 40 miles west of Kingston, Soutli Aus- 

 tralia, 30 fathoms ; Spencer Gulf, South Australia, 20 

 fjithoms; off Flinders Island, Investigator Group, South Aus- 

 tralia, 37 fathoms; Ho(4<y Point, Eastern Cove, Kangaroo 

 Island. 



n)''Simplon" Station 2, 22 fathoms; Station 3, 80-140 

 fatlioms; Station 5, 85 fathoms; Station 6, 85 fathoms; 

 Station 8, 72 fathoms. 



Anoplocai'Ros, Kaup. 



.\ ttoplncapvos. Kail)).: Arch, liif Natuiji;., x\i., IH")'), j). 220 

 (Ostnicion lenticiiltnis, llicliiard.son). 



(>arapace com])ressed, the back elevated into a ridge; 

 t<here are six lidgos in tlie young, but the lateral ones usually 

 become obsolete in adults, while the abdominal ridge is not 

 always well defined. Young generally with several small 

 spines on the lateral ridges, which are usually wanting in 

 adults; no supraorbital sf)ine. Tail encircled by a band of 

 ■osseus scutes, which may be incomplete in the young. Dorsal 

 and anal fins each widi about ten i-ays. 



Key to tJie species of A //o/i/oca pros. 



a Occiput not si-ihhou.s IxMono the cloivsal cicst ... IcnfiniUiris 

 (Id. Occiput <i;il)l)()us l)(4or(^ tlio dorsal ciM'ist ... (I'lhho.'ius 



Anoi'Locai'Iios hKNTicruLAUis, llichardsoii. 

 Pi. xvii. 



()str(tcioii IciiUcnlmis, Richardson : Proc. Zool. Soc;., 1841, 

 p. 21, and Trans. Zool. So(;., iii., 1811), p. 158. 



Accraiia (A noplocdpios) Icn lindd ris, Kaup: Arch, fiir Naturi^., 

 xx\., 185.5, p. 221. 



Acei'dUd ( A lioplocd jdo.s J iiKiii'i^ KjHip: lac. cil . 



n)For fnrtluM- details of "Simploii" Stations s<>c ])p. 157 and 

 ■15S of Mi'('\ious paper. 



