ACTINOFTERYGII. 
34G 
A portion of trunk, apparently of the existing Anguilla vulja 
‘ ' described by F.Bwsani, 
from the Quaternary of Pianico, Lombardy, is 
Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. vol. xxix. (1886), p. 347, pi. ix- 
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tely 
about 
Genus NETTASTOMA, Eafinesque. 
[Caratt. Alcuni Nuov. Gen., 1810, p. 66.] ^ 
8nout much produced, slender and depressed ; teeth small 
conical but of unequal size, in clustered bands. Pectora 
absent ; median fins much extended, passing continuously ro 
the tail. No scales. ditd'- 
Existing species in the deep sea oil Japan and in the ^ e 
ranean. 
Nettastoma bolcense, Bassani. * 
1808. Neltastoma bolcense, F. Bassani, Palmontogr. Italics, 
p. 84, pi. ix. fig. 6. _ ^ 
Type. Nearly complete fish ; Geological Museum, Universiy 
Padua. 
A species attaining a length of about 0‘1, with approxim 
100 vertebra}. Head with opercular apparatus occupying 
one filth of the whole length of the fish. 
Form. Loc. Upper Eocene : Monte Bolca, N. Italy. 
Not represented in the Collection. 
The following specimens are not generically and spec 
determinable : — 
P. 1887, P. 3880-81. Three' very slender imperfect fisbe ®’ olca . 
longest 0-17 in length ; Upper Eocene, ^ onte rton 
The first two are labelled Leptocephalus tarn a by 
and Agassi/, respectively, this name having been P>°1 
without definition, by Agassiz, Neues Jahrb. 1S3 > P « 
7 Egerton 4- ^nishlUn Coll- 
P. 1888, P. 3879. Four very small, immature fishes, one 
counterpart and labelled Leptocephalus gracilis by J o 
and Agassiz ; Monte Bolca. The name mentione^^^ 
proposed, without definition, by Agassiz (Neues 
1835, p. 307) for a specimen figured by r G. 8. 0 * - 
olit. Veronese (1796), P l. xxiii. fig. 2 ; The 
also referred to by F. Bassani, Atti 8oc. ene 
Sci. Nat. vol. iii. (1876), p. 189. r, jj Sl 
Egerton # Enniskillen Con 
234.0S. Similar specimen, in counterpart ; Monte ^Purchased, 18 4 ®* 
