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PLATYCEPHALIC L/EVIGATUS. 
Also similar to those from the Victorian coast, and of the 
same size. 
SILLAGO CILIATA. 
Sillago Ciliata, Cuv. and Val, vol. iii., p. 415. 
Cuv. Regn. An. III. Poissons. 
~ ■ Gunth., vol. ii., p. 2±5, pi. 13. 
The praeoperculum is very finely Granulated ; no silvery 
band on the sides ; the lateral line has seventy scales. 
Several specimens in the liquor averaging about twelve 
inches long, and a dried one fourteen. Mr. Bostock says it is 
" found on patches in river and at sea ; esteemed very delicate, 
some are spotted ; only found in the river in summer." 
This sort was first discovered at Cape York, and as Dr. 
Gunther has seen it from Tasmania and Sydney, it appears to 
be found all round the continent of JSTew Holland, but I believe 
it must be very scarce on the southern coast, and it seems to 
be very common on the northern and western parts. 
jSTota. The absence of the silvery band on the sides 
makes me have some doubt about this being the real Sil. 
Ciliata, and the character of the serrated or rather finely Granu- 
lated praeoperculum is to be observed in several other species. 
If this should prove different, I propose calling it Sillago 
Bostoclcii. 
SPHYBiENA NOV.E HOLLANDLE. 
Mr. Bostock has sent me a specimen twenty-six inches long 
which is absolutely similar to those of the Victorian sea. The 
dentition appears to be subject to much variation in this 
species, probably according to age. 
CARANX GEORGIANUS. 
Caranx Georgianus, Cuv. and Val., ix., p. 85. 
Specimens similar to those from Melbourne ; the largest 
was nine inches in length. 
