32 " THETIS " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



type specimen. The markings are not quite so regularly arranged 

 as in the specimen originally described. The example figured is 

 a female. 



P A R A S C Y L L I U M, Gill. 



PARASCYLLIUM COLLARS, Ramsay & Ogilby. 



Collared Cat-Shark. 



(Plate ii., fig. 2.) 



Parascyllium collare, Rams. & Ogil., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.,, 

 (2) iii., 1889, p. 1310. 



Stations 1, 8, 10, 11, 13. 



In the original description the colour is stated to be rich brown 

 with six broad darker transverse bands, the lower parts dull 

 white. The general colour would be better expressed as yellowish, 

 tinged with brown, and there are eight bands, two of which are 

 situated on the tail. The under parts are yellow. 



At each of the five Stations above named this handsome species 

 was freely taken. It was previously recorded only from outside 

 Port Jackson in 70 fathoms, but has also been taken ofi" Port 

 Hacking. We never took it in depths greater than 50 fathoms, 

 the shallowest Station showing 20 fathoms. It would appear to 

 be very locally distributed, as with Dog-fishes in general, for it 

 was obtained only off the coast between Broken Bay and Tuggerah 

 Lakes, to the north of Port Jackson. Our largest example 

 measures 825 mm. or 33^ inches, which is perhaps the maximum 

 of growth. This specimen, a male, is figured. 



Family ORECTOLOBID^. 



ORECTOLOBUS, Bonaimrte. 

 ORECTOLOBUS BARBATUS, Gmdin. 



WOBBEGONG. 



Squalus harhatus, Gmel., Syst. Nat., i., 1788, p. 1493. 

 Crossorhinus barbatus, McCoy, Prod. Zool. Vict., Dec. v., 1880, 

 pi. xliii., fig. 1. 



Station 24. 



Obtained so freely by means of the trawl in Port Jackson, and 

 occurring throughout the whole coast line of the Colony, it is a 



