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ACTINOPTEKTGII. 
dorsal with 1 spine and 9 articulated rays, its anterior origin about 
as far from the occiput as its termination from the caudal fin; the 
second to seventh dorsal spines gradually diminishing in size back- 
w^ards and the length of the second considerably less than the 
depth of the trunk at its insertion. Anal fin with 3 spines and 
7 articulated rays, its extent slightly less than that of the posterior 
dorsal; second anal spine very little exceeding the third in size. 
Caudal fin considerably forked. • 
Form. ^ Log. Lower Miocene and Upper Oligocene : France^ ^ 
P. 6005-06. Two large specimens, 0’175 and 0T3 in length 
respectively ; Les Yacheres, Basses Alpes. 
Purchased., 1889. 
P. 313-14. Numerous specimens, variously imperfect and distorted, 
the largest about 0*2 in length ; Cereste, Basses Alpes. 
Purchased, 1881. 
28496. Seven imperfect specimens ; Apt, Yaucluse. Bravard Coll. 
21529 a. Imperfect small fish ; Apt. Purchased, 1847. 
P. 294. Small specimen; St. Saturnin, Apt. 
Transferred from Mus. Practical Geology, 1880. 
The following species have also been referred to this genus, but 
are not represented in the Collection :— 
Bmerdis aduncus, J. J. Heckel, Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wiss., math.- 
naturw. Cl. vol. xi. (1854), p. 326 ; F. Bassani, Atti B, 
Accad. Sci. Napoli [2] vol. iii. (1889), no. 6, p. 54, pi. v. 
fig. 1.—Lower Miocene; Chiavon, N. Italy. [Imperfect 
fish ; Court Museum, Vienna.] 
Smerdis analis, J. J. Heckel, loc. cit. (1854), p. 325; F. Bassani, 
loc. cit. (1889), p. 54.—Lower Miocene ; Chiavon. [Im¬ 
perfect fish; Court Museum, Vienna.] 
Smerdis budensis, J. J. Heckel, Denkschr. k. Akad. Wiss., math.- 
.. V naturw,^!. vol. xi. pt. i. (1856), p. 264, pi. xi. figs. 16, 
^ ^• —-Miocen^; Blocksberg, Buda-Pesth.^ [Ditto.] 
Smerdis elongatus,^. von Meyer, Palseontogr. vol. ii. (1851), p. 110, 
pi. xvi. fig. 6.—Lower Miocene; Unterkirchberg, near 
Ulm, Wlirtemberg. [Imperfect small fish.] 
Smerdis latior, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. iv. (1836), p. 59, 
- The fish from the Cretaceous of Sahel Alma, Mt. Lebanon, now in the 
Tubingen Museum, referred to this species by Quenstedt (Handb. Petrefakt. 
ed. 3,1883, p. 378, pi. xxx. fig. 1), seems to the present writer to be a Pycnosterinx. 
