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P.5185. Two imperfect specimens, wanting the tail; Hanley, 
North Staffordshire. One specimen shows part of a pectoral 
fin, and also the anterior portion of the dorsal fin, which 
is higher and more acuminate than is shown in Traquair’s 
restoration. Purchased , 1885. 
■ P. 5184 a, b, P. 5187. Three imperfect examples of the head and 
trunk, of moderate size, the third showing portions of the 
dorsal fin : Deep-mine Ironstone Shale, Longton. 
Purchased , 1885. 
P. 5186. Small imperfect specimen, in counterpart; Longton. 
Purchased , 1885. 
P. 4617 a. Imperfect head and anterior scales, showing the outer 
aspect of the left dentary bone and fragments of the den¬ 
tition ; Silverdale, North Staffordshire. Enniskillen Coll. 
38893-94, 37381. Three specimens with remains of squamation 
and fragmentary head-bones, probably from Knowles 
Ironstone Shale, Fenton. Purchased , 1862-63. 
38898. Two pterygoid (or splenial) bones, one being much abraded ; 
Longton. Purchased , 1862. 
P. 1611-2. Four similar bones ; Longton. Egerton Coll. 
P. 3503. Five similar bones ; Fenton. Enniskillen Coll. 
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P. 1613. Eight maxilla, inner aspect, showing the band of tuber¬ 
cular teeth ; Longton. Egerton Coll. 
46027. Scales and fragments of head-bones of a large fish, coarsely 
ornamented, doubtfully of this species; Airdrie, Lanark¬ 
shire. Purchased, 1874. 
P. 4087. Imperfect fish, wanting all the fins except a portion of the 
caudal; Brown Mine Ironstone, Apedale, North Stafford¬ 
shire. Purchased, 1883. 
Cheirodus striatus (Hancock & Atthey). 
1872. Amphicentrum striatum, Hancock & Atthey, Ann. Mag. Nat. 
Hist. [4] yoI. ix. p. 255 (reprinted in Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumb. 
& Durham, vol, iv. p. 414). 
1879. Cheirodus striatus, R. II. Traquair, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. vol. 
xxix. p. 364. 
