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ACTIXOPTEETGII. 
28398. Another imperfect fish 0-09 in length. Mantell CoU. 
49490, 49499. Two smaller specimens deepened by distortion. 
Lewis Coll. 
P. 1861. Similar fish elongated by distortion, with 29 rays in the 
anal fin. Erjerton Coll. 
47315-16. Two specimens about 0-068 in length, the first in 
counterpart. 
Presented hij Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., 1874. 
46397, P. 103, P. 103. Three specimens about 0-058 in length. 
Lewis Coll. 
47316 d. Very small fish 0-035 in length. 
v O 
Presented hy Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., 1874. 
P. 121, P. 4784. Two large slabs exhibiting a shoal of these fishes. 
Lewis Coll. 
47312. Smaller slab with a few fine sj)ecimens. 
Presented hy Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., 1874. 
P. 9240. Slab with three specimens. 
Presented hy Lady Esther Stanhope. 
25779. Another small slab with small specimens. BLvon Coll. 
P. 9241. Slab with similar specimens. EnnisUllen Coll. 
P. 3825. Small slab with similar specimens, labelled by Beurard 
and Agassiz as being the type specimen of Clupea heurardi, 
-ti. D. de Blainville, Xouv. Diet. d'Hist. Aat. vol. xxvii. 
(1818), p. 365 ; noticed by Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. v. 
pt. ii. (1844), p. 117. The fishes are typical D. hrevis- 
simus and do not agree either with Blainville’s original 
description or with the specimen in the Begley Collection 
subsequently described by Agassiz (loc. cit. p. 117, pi. Ixi. 
fig. 2) as Clupea heurardi b Enniskillen Coll. 
Diplomystus birdi, A. S. Woodward. 
1895. Biplomystus birdi, A. S. IVoodward, Aun. Wag. Xat. Hist. [6] 
Yol. XY. p. 3, pi. i. figs. 2-4. 
Type. Xearly complete fish ; British Museum. 
A small deep-bodied species attaining a length of about 0-06, the 
1 Owing to the imcertain meaning of this specific name, it may best be 
suppressed. The present writer has never seen a specimen from Mt. Lebanon 
agreeing with the description given by Agassiz. 
