1310 DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 
DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES. 
By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., and J. Douglas Ooilby, F.L.S. 
Parascyllium collare, sp.nov. 
The head is broad and flattened above, the snout rounded. 
Eyes large ; the interorbital space equal to the lengtli of the 
snout ; the distance between the tip of the snout and the mouth 
is three-flfths of that between the angle of the mouth and the 
eye. Spiracles very small. Nasal valves each furnished with a 
]iair of small cin’i. A well-developed fold from the angle of the 
mouth, extending along the lower jaw to a distance equalling the 
interspace betAV'een the two folds. Teeth — In many rows in both 
jaws, each with a lateral cusp on either side. Gill-openings — The 
four anterior ones small, and their own length apart ; the fifth 
twice as large and contiguous to the penultimate, these two being 
above the base of the pectoral fin. Fins . — The first dorsal com- 
mences about the middle of the total length, and is the same size 
as the second, wdiich commences nearer to the first than to the 
end of the caudal ; the anal is lower, but with a longer base than the 
second dorsal, and is situated entirely in front of that fin ; ventrals 
considerably in advance of the first dorsal, their outer edge 
obliquely truncate, and forming a very acute angle with the 
inner edge ; lower caudal lobe large, posterior rounded. Skin 
very rough when rubbed forwards, owing to the scales, which are 
numerous and closely set, terminating in an acutely angular point. 
Colors — Rich brown, with six broad darker transverse bands : 
the first, extending from a short distance in front of the first 
gill-opening on either side to the third, and being broadest on the 
occiput, is of a deep chocolate brown ; the second, behind the tips 
of the pectoral fins, much lighter in color, a character common 
to the four following bands ; between and even on all the bands 
