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removed. The engraved slabs were forwarded to the Melbourne 

 Centennial Exhibition, and are I believe still in the custody of the 

 Secretary to the permanent Exhibition Buildings. I may mention, 

 in conclusion, that I am indebted for the several aboriginal weapons 

 exhibited to the kindness of Dr. Laffin the Government Medical 

 Officer, residing at Wyndham, during the time of our visit. The 

 spear-heads, more particularly, had been brought in by a settler 

 who had been attacked and speared in his camp, and had come down 

 for treatment at the Wyndham Hospital. 



Di.MiNosES of New Species of Fish. 



Pnlynemus Vereleri, s-k. PI., fig. 1. 



D 7, 1/13. A. '2 11. T.. lat. 55. 



Pectoral appendages seven in number, slender and thread-like, 

 the three or five central ones extending to or beyond the distal 

 extremity of the caudal fin ; the length of the head contained three 

 times in the length of the body excluding the caudal fin ; caudal 

 tin very lon^, deeply falcate, equalling in length the entire body ; 

 pectoral fin equal in length to one and a half times that of the head ; 

 a small spine developed above the angle of the pre-operculum. 

 Colours in life ; — body, together with the dorsal, ventral, and anal 

 fins, chrome yellow, the dorsal region including also the two dorsal 

 fins slightly shaded and speckled with black ; the pectoral and 

 caudal fins deep orange ; the pectoral appendages bright vermilion. 

 Length of the largeat specimen, a female with matured roe,, 6jj 

 inches. Habitat. — Cambridge Gulf, N. Australia. 



J/'itpodon translucent, s-k. Pi. fig. 2, 



D. 14. A. 15. Y. 9. 



The length of the head contained four and a half tunes in the 

 total length, the caudal fin excluded ; snout very short . teeth 

 slender, recurved, of uneven length, minutely uncinate, those of the 

 lower jaw largest, a certain number of those at the symphysis 



