TUF, CIIISMOPXKA (CHLMAEKUlDSj. 91 



( 'llI.MAERA Al'Fl.MS. 



Cliiiwicra. alliiti:i Cai'ki.i.o, ISliS, Joni. .\l;ith. Phys. o Nat. LisI)., 4, p. :;i I, pi. :5, f. 1, 1'; CCnt., 1870, 

 C:it ., 8, p. 350; .JoKD.\N and Kvebm., 1S9G, Bull. 17 V. S. Nat. Mils., p. '.I.'); (!ooi)E :ui<1 Bkan, 189(), 

 Oc Icli., p. 31, 509, pi. 10, f. 32-55. 



Cldimwra plamhea OiLL, 1877, Dec. 22, Bull. Pliil. Sue. W;isli., 2, p. ISi; ,Iord.v.\ ainl ( Iii.iiKiiT, 1883, 

 Bull. If) U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 54. 



Chiiiuwni ahbrcoiala GuA., 1884, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 6, p. 254. 



Ho;ul al)()ut tlifcc foiii-tcciitlis of tlic li'iiirth fi-mii .'^iioul to cud of .-second 

 ilor.'^al. Bases of doi'sals coiincclcd l)y a fold. Second dorsal not, indented on 

 its upper edge. Pectorals Iaff>;e, not reachiiiii (he bases of the ventrals. Outer 

 angles of ventrals sharp. Dorsal s])ine more than half as long as the li(>ad, 

 hardly keeled in front. Suhcaiuhd about as wide as the supracaudal. No sepa- 

 rate anal fin. Eye small,, less than one sixth as long as the head. Caudal 

 filament short. Lateral line with few and weak undulations; jugular branch 

 meeting the postorbital near the junction of the latter with the suborbital and 

 the angular sections. Clasper of male trifid in the distal third of its length. 



Uniform pliunbeous. 



North Atlantic, from Portugal westward, in depths of from 300 to more 

 than 000 fathoms. 



Chimaeka waitei. 



llil'liotaijini {I'sijclucltUiijx) waitei Fowler, I9()S, Proc. .Acad. Nat. h)ci. Phil., ]). 419, f. 1. 



Head three elevenths (jf the length from end of snout to end of .second dorsal, 

 little more tlian half of the second dorsal base. Dorsal spine as long as the 

 head in a twelve inch specimen, keeled in front, reaching the origin of the second 

 dorsal. No distinct anal. Suljcaudal rather narrower than supracaudal. 

 Caudal filament short. Eye snuill. Lateral line not wavy in the middle of 

 the side; jugular .section meeting the postorbital near the junction of the latter 

 with the angular and the suborbital sections. Second dorsal not indented in 

 the upper edge. 



Type about twelvi^ iiicli(-s in length. 



Coast of Victoria, Australia. 



Chi.maeua media, sp. nov. 



Eye large, length of orbit ii(>arly one third of that of the head. Head about 

 one fourth of the distance from snout to supracaudal, nearly half as long as the 

 base of tlie second dorsal. Dorsal spine longer than the head on a female, 



