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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
The opercular series consists of a large, sub -semicircular, radially 
sculptured operculum, the anterior part of which is overlapped by the expanded 
vertical limb of the pie- operculum, and there is a sub-operculum present. The 
Text-figure 4. 1 hareodus queenslandicus sp. nov. [RP/B] 2b. x 1. Cranial roof, ep , epiotic ; 
fr, frontal ; me mesethmoicl ; na, nasal ; pa, parietal ; pqf, post-frontal ; so, supra- 
occipital ; sq, squamosal. 
two large sculptured post orbitals overlap the vertical limb of the pre-operculum. 
The lower post orbital is smaller than the upper. These bones are longer than 
Text-figure 5. — Phareodus queenslandicus sp. nov. [RP/B] Id. x f. Left pre-operculum, 
outer aspect. 
