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First dorsal spiue minute. The second is very long in the 

 young, and short and stout in adults ; it is coarsely striated, and 

 is armed with more or less numerous spines on its hinder edges. 

 The following spines are largely hidden in the skin, only their 

 tips projecting ; they are striated, and decrease in size backwards. 

 Third or fourth dorsal rays longest, and either a little, or much 

 longer than the base of the soft portion of the fin ; all the rays 

 are simple except the last which may be so deeply divided as to 

 count as two. The base of the anal is longer than that of the 

 dorsal, and it commences much, and terminates a little in advance 

 of that fin. The third or fourth rays are the longest, and equal 

 to one-half or three-quarters of the length of the base. Caudal 

 rays simple, the upper ones often, a little longer than the others. 

 Pectoral rays simple, the third the longest, once and a half to 

 more than twice as long as the eye, Ventrals small, one half 

 to three-quarters as long as the eye ; the spine is rather small, 

 and the four rays are branched. 



Colour. Uniform sandy-yellow in formalin. Some notes on 

 the colours of fresh specimens are given in my previous paper 

 quoted above. 



Described from two specimens 70 and 270 mm. long. The 

 young differ from the adults in having the body less elevated, and 

 the snout shorter The second dorsal spine is very much longer, 

 the eye larger, and the crest of bristles on the bck is not 

 developed. Both forms are figured in my first " Endeavour 

 Report," 



N. littiei differs from Q. humerosus in lacking the pro- 

 minent hump on the back, and in having a more slender snout. 

 The scales are minute and velvety instead of larger and rough, 

 and the enlarged scutes are not so numerous, less prominent, and 

 differently arranged. C. humerosus also lacks the tuft of bristles 

 on the back, and its colour marking is quite different to this 

 species. 



Mr. Waite has very kindly compared specimens of C. cristatus 

 which I forwarded to him, with those he described as C*. humerosus, 

 and he informs me that they undoubtedly all belong to the same 

 species. He has also enabled me to examine one of his 

 " Nora Niven " examples which does not differ from those 

 described above. 



Locs. The largest of the specimens described was trawled 

 sixty miles south of Cape Everard, Victoria, in 60-70 fathoms. 

 The other was obtained off Storm Bay, Tasmania. 



