250 
ACTJNOPTRKYGI T. 
P. 5142. Fish shortened by distortion, in counterpart, and display > n S 
the fins ; Engi. Labelled “ 1 778. Ex Museo Gronoviano, 
No. 2494.” Purchased, IS 86 ' 
P. 1857 a. Imperfect fish, elongated by distortion ; Engi. 
Egerton Coll- 
Ihe generic position of tho imporfcct fish described as folio av ? 
is not satisfactorily determined, and the species is not represent c 
in tho Collection : — 
kcopdoides nicolvsi , E. Bassani, Atti 11. Accad. Sci. Napoli? [J 
vol. iii. no. 6 (1889), p. 82, pi. i. fig. 5 .— Lower Miocene- 
Chiavon, N. Italy. [Imperfect fish ; Piovene 0 
Lonedo.] 
Genus PARASCOPELUS, Sauvage. 
[Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. iv. art. no. 1, 1878, p. 196.] 
An imperfectly known genus, with much-elongated head 
trunk. Cleft of mouth very large, with minute teeth. Lee ^ 
fins very largo ; polvic fins small and far forwards ; dorsa ^ 
short-based and median ; anal fin remote, more extended * ^gted 
dorsal ; caudal fin forked. Scales large and uniform, not serr 
at the hinder border. 
Parascopelus lacertosus, Sauvage. 
1870. Scopeliis lacertosus, II. E. Sauvage, Ann. Sci. Nat. [5] v° 
n. Sci. Gdol. vol- iv- 
art. no. 7, p. 22. 
1873. Parascopelus laeertosus, II. E. Sauvage, Ann. 
art. no. 1, p. 196, figs. GO, 51. 
Type. Imperfect fish. ^ 0 f 
The typo species, attaining a length of about 0'25. ‘ en Tj raU m 
head with opercular apparatus contained about five timos, ^ax ^ 
depth of trunk about seven times in tho total length o a9 
Vertebra about 54 in number, 30 being caudal. Pectoral ^ 
long as the head, with 14 rays ; dorsal fin with more than ’ 
with about 20 rays. 
Form, dj- Loc. Upper Miocene: Licata, Sicily. 
P.1161-62. Two imperfect specimens. Egeito 
