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band on vomer. Depth of body 4f times in total length excluding 

 caudal, length of head 5 times. Distance from eye to point of snout 

 equals diameter of eye, which is 4f times in length of head ; 

 interorbital width f diameter of eye ; depth of caudal peduncle 3^ 

 times in length of head. Profile of head rounded ; a slight 

 transverse depression behind orbits, which have their upper margin 

 swollen, interorbital space concave ; a short thick fleshy tentacle at 

 upper posterior angle of each orbit, slightly flattened at the end and 

 branched, and with a broad fringe or row of cirri ; posterior nostrils 

 very prominent as open tubes, anterior nostrils with a plain tentacle; 

 snout blunt ; cleft of mouth oblique, maxillary reaches to vertical 

 of anterior third of orbits ; mucous pores on interorbital space, 

 round the eyes, and on shoulder and preoperculum. 



Dorsal xxxiv 9 ; commences a little behind posterior margin of 

 preoperculum and reaches almost to caudal ; low anteriorly, the 1st 

 spine about length of head, the succeeding 8 or 9 lengthening to a 

 little more than |- length of head and the remainder subequal up to 

 the last 3 or 4, which are slightly longer. Soft portion of fin more 

 elevated than spinous, the anterior rays about f- longer than adjacent 

 spines. Pectorals 13, broad and rounded, more than i length of 

 head, membranes of lower rays incised. Ventrals i 3, nearly f 

 length of head, 3rd ray minute. Anal n 26 ; anteriorly the rays 

 are about equal in length to last spine of dorsal, posteriorly they are 

 about ]- longer ; membranes incised. Caudal nearly f length of 

 head, slightly rounded, membranes scalloped. Tubes of lateral line 

 (66) well marked. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), brownish, with minute dark 

 specks on body and faint indistinct transverse bands ; pectorals 

 and caudal with brown dots forming transverse bars. 



One specimen, 102 mm. in length, caught at St. James (False 

 Bay). 



CLINUS ROBUSTUS, n. sp. 



Teeth, an outer row of strong conical teeth on each jaw, with an 

 inner band broad at the syrnphysis on the upper jaw, and a cluster 

 on each side of symphysis of lower jaw, the teeth in the posterior row 

 of each cluster being longer than the others ; a broad curved band on 

 vomer. Depth of body 3i to 4^ times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 3| to 4 times. Distance from eye to point of snout 

 If to 2 times diameter of eye, which is equal to or a little greater 

 than interorbital width and 5 to 7 times in length of head. Depth of 

 caudal peduncle 4 to 5|- times in length of head. Head broad and 



