BY J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 735 



HOWELLA BRODIEI, sp.llOV. 



D. viii, i 8. A. iii 6. L. lat. 37 (1 + 8 + 28). L. tr. f . 



Dorsal profile more convex than the ventral. Lateral line 

 interrupted above the base of the pectoral and again slightly in 

 advance of the second dorsal. Depth of body 3^, length of head 

 2^ in the total length; width of head 2| in its length. Diameter 

 of eye 2|, length of snout 4 in the head. Interorbital region 

 gently convex, its width 3| in the head. Maxillary extending to 

 the vertical from the anterior border of the eye, its length from 

 the tip of the snout rather more than ^ of the head, its width at 

 the distal extremity f of the diameter of the eye. Border of pre- 

 opercle partly hidden by overlapping scales, with a few feeble 

 serrfe above the angle; upper opercular spine the longer; sub- 

 opercular spine the longest and strongest, its free portion ^ of the 

 eye. Gill-rakers 6 + 21, the longest f of the eye. Dorsal fin 

 originating behind the base of the pectoral, its distance from the 

 tip of the snout 2|- in the total length; first spine short, f of the 

 second, fourth longest, 5 of the head; first to sixth spines with 

 their bases approximate, the two last well separated; spine of 

 second dorsal as long as the rays, 21- in the head ; intei'dorsal 

 space as long as the second dorsal : anal originating behind the 

 second dorsal and midway between the oj)ercle and the caudal fin; 

 first spine short, third equal to the spine of the soft dorsal but a 

 little shorter than the rays : ventral spine subequal to the longest 

 dorsal spine, not so long as the outer ray, which is 4 of the length 

 of the head and i of the distance between its origin and the vent: 

 eighth and ninth pectoral rays the longest, reaching to the end 

 of the base of the anal and ^ of the total length: middle caudal 

 rays ^ of the outer, which are 3t in the total length; caudal 

 peduncle long, its least depth 24 in its length behind the dorsal, 

 which equals the depth of the body. Shining purplish-black, the 

 sides of the head and base of the pectoral with a silvery lustre ; 

 fins somewhat lighter. 



Described from a single specimen forwarded by Mr. King and 

 measuring 79 millimeters over all; it is in almost perfect con- 

 dition, though evidently picked up dead on the beach. 



