﻿CLUPEA 
  EROM 
  THE 
  ISLE 
  OF 
  WIGHT. 
  117 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Clupea 
  alluded 
  to 
  by 
  Kramberger 
  from 
  the 
  

   Tertiary 
  of 
  Croatia 
  * 
  have 
  a 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  vertebras 
  than 
  the 
  

   Isle-of- 
  Wight 
  specimens, 
  except 
  C. 
  Tieterocerca, 
  which 
  has 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   fiu 
  placed 
  more 
  forward, 
  and 
  C. 
  arcuata, 
  Kner, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  much 
  

   larger 
  head. 
  

  

  As 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  refer 
  these 
  Isle-of- 
  Wight 
  specimens 
  to 
  any 
  

   known 
  species, 
  I 
  propose 
  to 
  name 
  them 
  Clupea 
  vectensis. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  genus 
  Clupea 
  has 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  numerous 
  

   European 
  localities, 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  Asia, 
  in 
  beds 
  ranging 
  from 
  the 
  

   Neocoinian 
  to 
  the 
  Miocene, 
  yet 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   hitherto 
  recognized 
  as 
  a 
  fossil 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  

  

  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  IV. 
  

  

  Clupea 
  vectensis, 
  new 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  Osborne 
  Beds 
  of 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight, 
  

   in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Gr. 
  W. 
  Colenutt, 
  of 
  Ryde. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Specimen 
  from 
  Ryde 
  House. 
  

  

  la. 
  Opercular 
  apparatus 
  of 
  same 
  specimen, 
  op., 
  operculum 
  ; 
  sub. 
  op., 
  sub- 
  

  

  operculum 
  ; 
  i.p., 
  interoperculum 
  ;p.op., 
  preoperculum 
  ; 
  cl., 
  clavicle 
  ; 
  

  

  br., 
  branchiostegal 
  ray. 
  

   1 
  b. 
  Mandible 
  from 
  left 
  side 
  of 
  same 
  specimen. 
  

  

  1 
  c. 
  Three 
  abdominal 
  spines 
  and 
  plates. 
  

  

  2. 
  Specimen 
  from 
  Ryde 
  House. 
  

  

  2 
  a. 
  Maxillary 
  bones 
  of 
  same 
  specimen. 
  

  

  3. 
  Specimen 
  from 
  King's 
  Quay. 
  

  

  4. 
  Tail 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  King's 
  Quay, 
  showing 
  scales. 
  

  

  5. 
  Small 
  specimen 
  from 
  Ryde 
  House. 
  

  

  6. 
  Small 
  specimen 
  from 
  King's 
  Quay. 
  

  

  7. 
  Bones 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  Ryde 
  House. 
  

  

  Discussion". 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  was 
  not 
  surprised 
  at 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  a 
  Clupea 
  in 
  

   freshwater 
  beds. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Whitaeer 
  had 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  discoverer 
  should 
  send 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Newton, 
  and 
  congratulated 
  himself 
  upon 
  the 
  result. 
  

   It 
  was 
  another 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  having 
  good 
  local 
  observers. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  Smith 
  Woodward 
  thought 
  he 
  could 
  distinguish 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  small 
  dorsal 
  scutes 
  in 
  some 
  specimens, 
  and 
  inquired 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   Author's 
  interpretation 
  of 
  the 
  appearances. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  Eocene 
  

   Clupeoids 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  exhibited 
  such 
  scutes, 
  and 
  formed 
  

   the 
  genus 
  Diplomystus, 
  Cope. 
  If 
  the 
  British 
  fossil 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  type, 
  the 
  fact 
  would 
  be 
  specially 
  interesting, 
  for, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Old 
  World, 
  Diplomystus 
  had 
  hitherto 
  been 
  detected 
  only 
  at 
  Mt. 
  

   Lebanon. 
  

  

  The 
  Author 
  thanked 
  the 
  speakers 
  for 
  their 
  remarks. 
  Whether 
  

   or 
  not 
  any 
  dorsal 
  scutes 
  occurred 
  was 
  uncertain 
  ; 
  in 
  some 
  there 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  be 
  roughening. 
  He 
  thought 
  it 
  better 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  spe- 
  

   cimens 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Clupea. 
  

  

  * 
  " 
  Die 
  Jungtertiare 
  Fischfauna 
  Croatiens," 
  Mojsisovics 
  and 
  Neumayr's 
  Beitr. 
  

   Palaont. 
  GEsterr.-Ungarns, 
  Bd. 
  hi. 
  p. 
  65 
  (1884). 
  

  

  