370 
ACTIXOPTERYGII. 
1867. Cyclurus valenciennesii, P. Gervais, Zool. et Pal. Gen. p. 198, 
pi. xli. figs. 2, 3. 
1874. Cyclurus valenciennesi , H. E. Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. 
Toulouse, vol. viii. p. 181, pi. i. fig. 1. 
Type. Pish wanting anterior abdominal region ; British Museum. 
The type species of the so-called genus Cyclurus , attaining a 
length of about 0'45. Length of head with opercular apparatus 
greater than the distance between the paired fins and contained 
about four times in the total length of the fish; maximum depth of 
trunk contained somewhat, more than five times in the total length. 
Bibs longer than the neural arches. Anal fin with 12 rays. 
Form. Sf Loc. Lower Miocene : Prance.^ 7 
/h - - >x> /*ns*~** 
P. 446. Type specimen, being the much-fractured hinder two-thirds 
of a fish ; in Lignite, Menat, Puy-de-Dome. 
Fyerton Coll. 
27736. Three fragments of smaller fishes, one displaying the long 
rays of the pelvic and anal fins ; Menat. Croizet Coll. 
Amia macrocephala (Beuss). 
1844. Cyclurus macrocephalus, A. E. Beuss, Geogn. Skizzen aus 
Bolimen, vol. ii. p. 267. 
1848. Cyclurus macrocephalus , H. von Meyer, Neues Jalirb. p. 430. 
1851. Cyclurus macrocephalus, H. vou Meyer, Pakeontogr. vol. ii. p. 61, 
pi. viii. figs. 5, 6, pi. ix. figs. 1-3. 
1851. Amia , J. J. Heckel, Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wiss., math.-naturw. 
Cl. vol. vi. p. 223. 
Type. Imperfect fishes ; Boyal Bohemian Museum, Prague. 
A small species attaining a length of about 0*25. Length of 
head with opercular apparatus much greater than the distance 
between the paired fins and contained three-and-a-half times in the 
total length of the fish ; maximum depth of trunk contained some¬ 
what more than five times in the total length. Bibs not longer 
than the neural arches. Anal fin with 10-12 rays, dorsal fin with 
about 35 rays. Scales radiately striated. 
Form. Sf Loc. Lower Miocene : Butschlin, Bohemia. 
Not represented in the Collection. 
Amia ignota, Blainville. 
1807. Description by B. G. de Lacepede, Ann. Museum, vol. x. p. 234. 
1818. Amice iynota, H. D. de Blainville, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. 
vol. xxvii. p. 373. 
1822. “ Amia a deux nageoires G. Cuvier, Oss. Foss, new ed. vol. iii. 
p. 342, pi. lxxvi. fig. 13. 
