240 
actinopterygii. 
branchiostegal rays, and parts of the pelvic, 
and caudal fins. 
dorsal, anal, 
Lewis Coll- 
P. 9171. Another specimen deepened anteriorly by distorting 
showing the pectoral, dorsal, and caudal fins, and traces ^ 
the very fine serrations on some of the scales. The p 1 
fin-rays are not less than 14 in number. 
Lewi* 
Coll- 
bout 
47356. Specimen elongated by distortion, with remains of ^ 
40 vertebrae, and parts of the pelvic, dorsal, and cau 
fins. Lewis GoU- 
Sardinioides pusillus, sp. nov. 
[Plate XVI. figs. 2, 3.] 
Type- Imperfect fish ; Pritish Museum. 
A small robust species, attaining a length of about O’l. _ 
°f head with opercular apparatus not exceeding the maxim ^ 
depth of the trunk, which is contained somewhat less than tin’ ^ 
the length from the pectoral arch to the base of the cauc a 
Vertebra; 30 in number. Fins as in the type species, exeep 
the dorsal comprises only 10 or 11 rays. Serrations of scales 
and conspicuous. 
Form. Sf Loc. Upper Cretaceous : Sahel Alma, Mt. Lebanon. 
xvi. 
48123. The type specimen, shown of the natural size in Fh ■* ^ 
fig. 2. The open mouth displays very minute tee ’ 
its upper margin is clearly formed by the slen ^ 
tended premaxilla. The maxilla, with its f lia ^ oV0 
distal expansion, is seen in imperfect impression 
the premaxilla. The stout parasphenoid marks t u ^ 
of the cranium. The vertebr® are clearlj T not m ° r ^ 
30 in number, and of these about 15 may be r y,ed, 
caudal. The anterior abdominal region is much n 
and the paired fins are represented solely by an imi ^ 
of the 6 rays of one of the pelvic pair. The or ^ ^ 
comprises two comparatively short and slender 
then the longest ray, articulated distally but no 
divided, and then 7 or 8 articulated and divi e , g Qt 
Ly very small, apparently J 1 
The anal fin is relatively very n , ~ rr — - . j g 
9 rays, but imperfectly preserved. The caudal 1 re 
5 ’ ' -y forked. Where the seal* 
y, their posterior serra w 
1 ’ . . , matrix. 
partially broken away, their posterior KC1 1 
especially well seen upon the pale-coloured matri-^ 
are 
