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ACTINOPTERYGII. 
exhibiting its regular series of minute teeth ; and the 
right dentary is observed to bear its enlarged tooth at the 
symphysis. Cycloid scales are well preserved. 
Lewis Coll. 
P. 4736. Slightly smaller specimen than the type, elongated by 
distortion ; Sahel Alma. Lewis Coll. 
Thrissopteroides pulcher (Davis). 
1887. Clupea pulchra, J. W. Davis, Trans. Roy. Dablin Soc. [2] 
vol. hi. p. 578, pi. xxxiii. fig. 3. 
1898. Thrissoptei'oides pulcher', A. S. Woodward, Ann. Mag. Nat. 
Hist. [7] vol. ii. p. 408. 
Type. Nearly complete fish ; Edinburgh Museum. 
A very small species, attaining a length of about 0'07. Length 
of head with opercular apparatus not much exceeding the maximum 
depth of the trunk and contained nearly three times in the length 
from the pectoral arch to the base of the caudal fin. Vertebrae and 
fins as in the last species. 
Form. Log. Upper Cretaceous; Mt. Lebanon. 
P. 9164. A typical specimen, showing the finely denticulated maxilla 
crushed upon the mandible ; Sahel Alma. The charac¬ 
teristic antorbital cheek-plate can be imperfectly seen. 
Lewis Coll. 
The following specimens are not specifically determined:— 
46522, 47809. Two imperfect fishes about 0*17 in length, with 
pelvic fins opposite origin of dorsal fin ; Upper Cretaceous, 
Sahel Alma, Mt. Lebanon. Lewis Coll. 
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Genus PROTELOPS^ Laube. 
[Denkschr. k. Akad. Wiss., math.-naturw. Cl. vol. 1. 1885, p. 286.] 
An imperfectly known genus. Cleft of mouth nearly horizontal 
and gape extending at least as far as the hinder border of the orbit. 
Teeth of moderate size, not in sockets but fused with the supporting 
hone, and each comprising a long, slender, hollow base tipped by a 
relatively small enamelled crown ; these teeth more or less uniform in 
size on each bone, and arranged in two or more series on the border 
of the mouth and the pterygo-palatine arcade. 
