PALiEOXISClDiE. 497 
P. 3430. Specimen 0T65 in length, from uncertain horizon and 
locality in Scottish Lower Carboniferous. 
Enniskillen Coll. 
Yar. a (Elonichthys nemopterus'). —Pin-rays relatively slender and 
distantly articulated ; striae prevalent on scales. 
50002. Type specimen of Amblypterus nemopterus, Agass., in 
counterpart; Calciferous Sandstone, War die, near Edin¬ 
burgh. Trevelyan Beqiiest. 
P. 1000, P. 3433. Imperfect specimen, in counterpart; Wardie. 
Eyerton Sf Enniskillen Colls. 
Yar. b (Elonichthys intermeclius).- —Pin-rays robust, joints longer 
than broad ; scale-ornament delicately striate-punctate. 
P. 840. Specimen wanting the pectoral and caudal fins ; Wardie. 
'Eyerton Coll. 
P. 3435. Imperfect specimen, wanting extremity of tail, in counter¬ 
part; Wardie. Enniskillen Coll. 
Yar. e {Elonichthys affinis ).—As var .intermedins, but fins smaller 
and with fewer rays. 
P. 841. Imperfect small trunk, with fins ; Carboniferous Limestone 
(Edge-Coal Series), Wallyford, Edinburgh. Eyerton Coll. 
P. 841 a. Small, comparatively well-preserved specimen ; Edge-Coal 
Series, Wallyford. Eyerton Coll. 
Elonichthys bucklandi (Agassiz). 
1835. Pygopterus bucklandi , L. Agassiz, in S. Ilibbert, Trans. Roy. 
Soc. Edinb. vol. xiii. p. 217, pi. vii. fig. 2. 
1844. Pygopterus bucklandi, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt. ii. p. 77. 
1877. Elonichthys bucklandi, R. II. Traquair, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 
vol. xxxiii. pp. 553, 575, and Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. vol. ix. p.428. 
1890. Elonichthys bucklandi , R. H. Traquair, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 
vol. xvii. pp. 390, 394. 
Type. Imperfect fish ; unknown. 
A large species, attaining a length of not less than 0*3. Man- 
dible irregularly striated ; laniary teeth very strong, smooth, and 
incurved. Pin-rays broad and robust, with very close articulations, 
marked with fine longitudinal striations; fulcra minute. Scales 
relatively small, those of the flank scarcely deeper than broad ; 
PABI II. 2 X 
