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middle of the flanks and on the caudal pedicle, but dorsally and 

 ventrally in the abdominal region marked with conspicuous oblique 

 striae. 



Form. Sf Log. Carboniferous Limestone Series : Midlothian and 

 Lanarkshire. 



49172. Imperfect fish, with fragments of the fins ; Possil, near 

 Glasgow. Old Collection. 



P. 3438. Two similar specimens ; Edge Coal Series, Wallyford. 



Enniskillen Coll. 



Rhadinichthys wardi (Ward). 



1875. Palceoniscus ivardi, J. Young, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, 



vol. ii. pt. i. p. 66 (name only). 

 1875. Palceoniscus wardi, J. Ward, [Proc] N. Staffs. Nat. Field Club, 



p. 239. 

 1877-78. Rhadinichthys toardii, R.H. Traquair, Quart. Journ. Geol.Soc. 



vol. xxxiii. p. 559, and Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vol. iv. p. 239. 

 1890. Rhadinichthys wardi, J. W 7 ard, Trans. N. Staff's. Inst. Mining 



Engin. vol. x. p. 176, pi. vi. fig. 10. 



Type. Imperfect fish ; collection of J. Ward, Esq., Longton. 



A small species, attaining a length of about 0*1. Body slender ; 

 head relatively large, the snout blunt, and the external bones finely 

 striated. Scales of moderate size, externally ornamented with 

 parallel oblique series of tuberculations, partially fused together, 

 and terminating in serrations at the posterior margin. 



Form. <$f Log. Coal-Measures : North Staffordshire. 



P. 6292. Remains of head and scales ; Deep-mine Ironstone Shale, 

 Longton. Enniskillen Coll. 



Rhadinichthys monensis (Egerton). 



1850. Palceoniscus monensis, Sir P. Egerton, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 



vol. vi. p. 5, pi. i. fig. 3. 

 1878. Rhadinichthys monensis, R. H. Traquair, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. 



Edinb. vol. iv. p. 241. 

 1890. Rhadinichthys monensis, J. Ward, Trans. N. Staffs. Inst. Mining 



Engin. vol. x. p. 175. 



Type. Scales ; British Museum. 



An imperfectly known species, attaining a length of about 0*09. 

 Head-bones coarsely striated. Scales of flank nearly equilateral ; 

 hinder border coarsely denticulated. Scale-ornament consisting 



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