Zoological Miscellany. 
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tral fin separate, close together at the base, unequal, the one on the 
eyes bearing side the largest ; dorsal fin commencing over the middle of 
the upper eye ; the first rays long and free at the end. Eye on the right 
side close together, separated by a ridge ; mouth regular ; teeth small, 
velvet-like; body oblong, narrow. This genus is most allied to the Soles. 
Crested Samaris. Samaris cristatus, n. s. Eyes on the right side ; 
body oblong elongate, nearly two and a half times as long as broad ; 
scales rather large, ovate, fringed with minute bristles ; lateral line 
straight and central, first rays of dorsal fin very long, free at the end ; 
right ventral fin lanceolate ; anal fin unequal ; tail slightly rounded, D. 
61. P. 4. V. 5. A. 51. C. 16. Length 6 inches 9 lines ; breadth 2 inches. 
Zebra Centracion. Centracion Zebra, n. s. Skin with four rayed as- 
perities, grey brown, in unequal dark brown cross bands, generally 
placed in pairs ; pectoral and two dorsal fins very long, falcate ; the front 
teeth oblong, short ; outer edge rounded, five or six lobed ; the hinder 
one broad, flattened. Inhab. Sea of China. Sometimes found in Chi- 
nese Insect Boxes, but not so commonly as Scylium ornatum, Illust. Ind. 
Zool. t. All in the British Museum. 
VII. Description of two new species of Indian articulated Animals 
(Annelides) discovered by Gen. Hardwicke, in India. 
Three coloured Glossophore. Glossophora Tricolor. Hirudo tricolor, 
Hardw. MSS. Body oval ; chestnut edged with pale yellow; back with 
two broad white between three narrow black longitudinal bands ; ocular 
dots, five pair ; submarginal anterior disk, small, lanceolate ; hinder, 
orbicular. Inhab. Ditches, Bengal. 
Moonhead Planai'ia. Planaria ? lunata. Body linear, lanceolate, 
blackish, paler beneath; head dilated, twice as broad as the body, semi- 
circular in front ; tail rather tapering, rounder; eyes 0. Inhab. India. 
Winding round the leaves of coarse grass during the rainy season. 
Bengal. 
VIII, Description of two new species of Serpula, and an undescribed 
Coral Barnacle, discovered by Samuel Pearce Pratt, Esq. 
Two-ridged Serpula. Serpula bicostata, n. s. Shell attached, 
testaceous, (upper part free elevated,) polished, very obscurely concen- 
trically wrinkled, white, sub-opaque, gradually enlarging with three 
distinct deep blunt longitudinal grooves, forming two narrow longitudinal 
ribs on the upper side of the tube. Mouth round. Inhab. Coral, Indian 
Ocean. Collection of Mr. Pratt. 
Beautiful Serpula. Serpula elegans, n. s. Shell attached, testaceous, 
(upper part free elevated .^) white sub-opaque, gradually enlarging with 
three short elevated longitudinal keels placed on the back, the interspace 
between them, and the upper surlace of the enlarged bases by which the 
tube is attached, finely, deeply and regularly transversely grooved. Mouth 
round. Inhab. Indian Ocean. Collection of Mr, Pratt. 
