742 ADDITIONS TO THE FAUNA OF LORD HOWE ISLAND, 



convex anteriorly, its length IJ times the diameter of the eye, 

 which is 3-| in the length of the head. Interor]:)ital region flat, 

 its width 4 of the eye and 8| in the head. Cleft of mouth 

 extending to the vertical from the hind margin of the eye. A 

 short multifid nasal tentacle; orbital and nuchal tentacles simple. 

 Dorsal fin originating in advance of the base of the pectoral; fifth 

 spine longest, 1^ in the head and not quite so high as the middle 

 rays : anal originating below the first dorsal ray : inner ventral 

 ray the longer, | of the head and | the distance between its 

 origin and the anal: pectoral with 14 rays, the 10th and 11th 

 the longest, reaching to the vertical from the vent, and a little 

 loncer than the head : caudal fin subtruncate, 4.^ in the total 

 length; caudal peduncle deep, H times its length behind the 

 dorsal fin, and J of the depth of the body. Dark olive-green, 

 nearly black, above, becoming lighter below, where it is densely 

 powdered with darker specks. 



Etymology : — insuke, of the island^ i.e., Lord Howe. 



Distribution : — Lord Howe Island, a single example, 65 

 millimeters in length. 



Salarias alboapicalis, sp.nov. 



Salarias variolosus (not Cuvier & Valenciennes) Giinther, Fisch. 

 Siidsee, Heft vi. p. 203, pi. cxviii. f. c. 



D. xiii 19. A. 21. 



Depth of body 3|, length of head Sy^^ in the total length; width 

 of head h, depth of head ^ in its length. Snout subvertical, 

 feebly convex anteriorly, the upper jaw protruding, its length 1| 

 times the diameter of the eye, which is 3 in the length of the 

 head. Interorbital region concave, 2| in the diameter of the eye 

 and 8i in the head. Cleft of mouth extending to the vertical 

 from the middle of the eye. Nasal and orbital tentacles well 

 developed, multifid; nuchal fringe composed of numerous slender, 

 simple tentacles, extending nearly from opercle to opercle. Dorsal 

 fin originating in advance of the base of the pectoral; third spine 

 longest, If in the head and not quite so high as the anterior 



