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  ME. 
  E. 
  T. 
  NEWTON 
  ON 
  A 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OE 
  

  

  Lebanon, 
  and 
  C. 
  denteoc 
  from 
  Murazzo 
  Strutiano 
  *, 
  are 
  somewhat 
  

   like, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  near, 
  I 
  think, 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  forms. 
  

  

  C. 
  Beurardi 
  has 
  the 
  head 
  proportionately 
  much 
  larger 
  : 
  C. 
  dentex 
  

   has 
  the 
  ventral 
  fin 
  under 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  

   further 
  forward 
  than 
  in 
  our 
  fossils 
  ; 
  0. 
  minima, 
  although 
  agreeing 
  

   with 
  our 
  fossils 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin, 
  has 
  only 
  29 
  ver- 
  

   tebras. 
  

  

  Hermann 
  v. 
  Meyer 
  f 
  described 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  Clupea 
  

   from 
  the 
  Lower 
  Miocene 
  clay 
  of 
  IJnterkirchberg, 
  Ulm, 
  and 
  for 
  

   these 
  he 
  established 
  three 
  new 
  species 
  — 
  C. 
  humilis, 
  C. 
  lanceoluta, 
  

   and 
  C. 
  ve?itricosa. 
  The 
  first 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  are 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  

   Islc-of- 
  Wight 
  fossils 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  differences 
  which 
  they 
  present 
  pre- 
  

   vent 
  our 
  specimens 
  being 
  referred 
  to 
  either 
  of 
  them. 
  C. 
  humilis 
  

   differs 
  in 
  having 
  43 
  or 
  44 
  vertebrae, 
  of 
  which 
  20 
  or 
  21 
  are 
  caudal. 
  

   Further 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  has 
  only 
  12 
  rays, 
  and 
  the 
  ventral 
  fin 
  seems 
  to 
  

   be 
  placed 
  further 
  back. 
  

  

  C. 
  lanceolata 
  comes 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  Isle-of- 
  Wight 
  specimens 
  in 
  

   having 
  from 
  38 
  to 
  40 
  vertebrae, 
  but 
  differs 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  19 
  of 
  

   these 
  are 
  caudal 
  ; 
  and, 
  moreover, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  is 
  placed 
  somewhat 
  

   further 
  back, 
  and 
  the 
  ventral 
  fin 
  is 
  under 
  its 
  middle. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  specimens 
  figured 
  by 
  H. 
  von 
  Meyer 
  J, 
  and 
  placed 
  

   by 
  him, 
  with 
  doubt, 
  in 
  the 
  species 
  C. 
  humilis, 
  agrees 
  very 
  closely 
  

   with 
  the 
  smaller 
  Isle-of- 
  Wight 
  specimens, 
  and 
  may 
  perhaps 
  belong 
  

   to 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  

  

  M. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Sauvage 
  described 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  Clupea 
  from 
  the 
  

   Miocene 
  of 
  Licata, 
  in 
  Sicily 
  §, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  |j 
  bears 
  a 
  close 
  

   resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  smaller 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight 
  ; 
  but 
  

   although 
  the 
  relative 
  positions 
  of 
  the 
  fins 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  

   vertebras 
  seem 
  much 
  the 
  same, 
  yet 
  the 
  vent 
  is 
  differently 
  placed, 
  

   as 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  caudal 
  vertebrae 
  ; 
  f 
  or 
  M. 
  Sauvage 
  

   counted 
  20 
  caudal 
  and 
  17 
  abdominal 
  vertebrae 
  in 
  the 
  Licata 
  form, 
  

   while 
  in 
  the 
  Isle-of- 
  Wight 
  specimens 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  14 
  or 
  15 
  

   caudal, 
  and 
  from 
  23 
  to 
  25 
  abdominal 
  vertebrae. 
  

  

  C. 
  Fontannesi, 
  from 
  the 
  Upper 
  Miocene, 
  also 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  Sau- 
  

   vage 
  ^[, 
  has 
  51 
  vertebrae, 
  of 
  which 
  19 
  are 
  caudal, 
  and 
  the 
  front 
  rays 
  

   of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  are 
  nearer 
  the 
  snout 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  

  

  Several 
  small 
  species 
  of 
  Clupea 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  by 
  Sign. 
  P. 
  

   Lioy 
  from 
  the 
  Monte 
  Bolca 
  beds**, 
  and 
  by 
  Baron 
  Achille 
  deZignoff 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  insufficient 
  for 
  comparison, 
  

   being 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  measurements 
  of 
  length 
  and 
  height, 
  the 
  

   positions 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  ventral 
  fins 
  not 
  being 
  stated. 
  

  

  * 
  Agassiz, 
  'Poissons 
  Fossiles,' 
  vol. 
  v. 
  pi. 
  61, 
  figs. 
  1, 
  2, 
  4. 
  

   t 
  Palaeontographica, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  85 
  (1851). 
  

   \ 
  Log. 
  cit. 
  pi. 
  14. 
  fig. 
  8. 
  

   § 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Geol. 
  vol. 
  xiv. 
  1873. 
  

   |j 
  Log. 
  cit. 
  pi. 
  13. 
  fig. 
  75. 
  

  

  ^[ 
  See 
  " 
  Note 
  sur 
  les 
  Poissons 
  Fossiles 
  d'Eurre, 
  Drome," 
  in 
  Fontannes's 
  'Periode 
  

   Tertiaire 
  dans 
  le 
  Bassin 
  du 
  Ehone,' 
  part 
  vi. 
  ' 
  Le 
  Bassin 
  de 
  Crest,' 
  p. 
  205 
  (1880). 
  

   ** 
  Atti 
  Soc. 
  Ital. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  vol. 
  viii. 
  p. 
  410 
  (1865). 
  

   ft 
  Atti 
  B. 
  Inst. 
  Veneto 
  di 
  Sci. 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  iii. 
  (1874). 
  

  

  