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P. 3430. Specimen 0-165 in length, from uncertain horizon and 

 locality in Scottish Lower Carboniferous. 



Enniskillen Coll. 



Var. a {Elonichthys nemopterus). — Fin-rays relatively slender and 

 distantly articulated ; striae prevalent on scales. 



50002. Type specimen of Amblypterus nemopterus, Agass., in 

 counterpart ; Calciferous Sandstone, Wardie, near Edin- 

 burgh. Trevelyan Bequest. 



P. 1000, P. 3433. Imperfect specimen, in counterpart ; Wardie. 



Egerton St Enniskillen Colls. 



Var. b (Elonichthys intermedins). — Fin-rays robust, joints longer 

 than broad ; scale-ornament delicately striate-punctate. 



P. 840. Specimen wanting the pectoral and caudal fins ; Wardie. 



Egerton Coll, 



P. 3435. Imperfect specimen, wanting extremity of tail, in counter- 

 part ; Wardie. Enniskillen Coll. 



Var. c {Elonichthys affinis). — As var. intermedins, but fins smaller 

 and with fewer rays. 



P. 841. Imperfect small trunk, with fins ; Carboniferous Limestone 

 (Edge-Coal Series), Wallyford, Edinburgh. Egerton Coll. 



P. 841 a. Small, comparatively well-preserved specimen ; Edge-Coal 

 Series, Wallyford. Egerton Coll. 



Elonichthys bucklandi (Agassiz). 



1835. Pygopterus bucklandi, L. Agassiz, in S. Hibbert, Trans. Roy. 



Soc. Edinb. vol. xiii. p. 217, pi. vii. fig. 2. 

 1844. Pygopterus bucklandi, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt. ii. p. 77. 

 1877. Elonichthys bucklandi, R. H. Traquair, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 



vol. xxxiii. pp. 553, 575, and Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. vol. ix. p. 428. 

 1890. Elonichthys bucklandi, R. H. Traquair, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 



vol. xvii. pp. 390, 394. 



Type. Imperfect fish ; unknown. 



A large species, attaining a length of not less than 0'3. Man- 

 dible irregularly striated ; laniary teeth very strong, smooth, and 

 incurved. Fin-rays broad and robust, with very close articulations, 

 marked with fine longitudinal striations ; fulcra minute. Scales 

 relatively small, those of the flank scarcely deeper than broad ; 



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