BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 457 The following localities have afforded known fish : — New Britain — Pterois volitans, L. Therapon trivittatus. Blk. Mursena nebulosa, Bl. Platyglossus scapularis, Benn. Saurus varius Lacep, Exocsetus evolans L. Genyoroge melanura, Rup, New Ireland — Tetrodon nigropunctatus, Blk. Serranus lauti. Forsk. Ostracion cornutus, L. Api — Chrysophrys Australis, Griinth. Chsetodon xanthurns, Blk. Chaetodon vittatus, Blk. Murcena Bruinineri, Blk. Duke of York's Group — Balistes verrucosus, L. Some Results of Trawl Fishing outside Port Jackson. By William Macleay, F.L.S., &c. Whatever adds to our knowledge of the natural productions of the country, either on land or water, must be a matter of general interest. I need scarcely then, I think, offer any apology for the frequency with which I trespass on the time of this Society by laying before it short notices of new Fishes found in Port Jackson and its neighbourhood. I am aware that to the Ichthyologist these isolated descriptions of species, are, to say the least of it, troublesome, and that it would be far better and more convenient for the student, if I were to reserve these descriptions until the publication of a Supplement to my Catalogue of the Fishes of Australia, a work which I have now in hand. But I have an object to serve of a more utilitarian character, than the mere identification and nomenclature of species; I am desirous of seizing every possible opportunity of forcing upon the notice of the public the great value of our Fisheries, or rather of what might be their great value, were we disposed to develop them. I have often said, and I repeat— and it cannot be repeated too often — we have in our seas a wonderful variety of the most excellent fishes, not surpassed in numbers, excellence and variety in any country in the world. We have herrings of various kinds visiting our shores annually in countless shoals, we have similar
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