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spines graduated. Mostly black above, lat. 1. vermil- 

 liou; a black band below it. Peritoneum black. San 

 Diego. macdonaldi.* 



11. Peritoneum white. Closely allied to Sebastodes proriger, 

 but larger in size and more uniform in color; anal spines 

 graduated. Coast of Alaska. brevispini.sA 



jj. Second anal spine notably longer than third. Peritoneum 

 black. 

 n. Supraocular spines usually present. 



o. Head 3; depth 2f . D. XIII-14; A. Ill, 8; lat. 1. about 70. 

 Body ovate. Maxillary reaching posterior edge of pupil, 

 2 J in head; lower jaw considerably protruding. Eye 

 slightly longer than snout. Maxillary and mandible 

 scaly. Second anal spine longer and stronger than third, 

 2^ in head. Creamy olivaceous; upper fins greenish, 

 lower yellowish, mostly dark edged. Young more green. 

 Peritoneum black. San Diego to San Francisco, rare. 



ovalis. t 

 oo. Body elongate; depthmore than 3; pores of lat. 1. 50-52. 

 p. Head 3; depth 3|; D. XIII-14; A. Ill, 7; transverse 

 rows of scales about 52; pores of lat. 1. about 51. Max- 

 illary reaching center of pupil, about 3 in head; lower 

 jaw much projecting, with prominent symphyseal knob. 

 Orbit 3i in head. Scales everywhere strongly ctenoid, 

 rather small; accessory scales not very numerous. 

 Pectorals not reaching vent. Cranial spines very weak, 

 often absent. Colored more or less like ovalis. Peri- 

 toneum black. Pacific Grove, Cal.; rare. hopkinsi.§ 

 pp. Head 2$; depth 3£. D. XIII-15; A. Ill, 8; lat. 1. 50 

 (tubes). Maxillary reaching middle of pupil, 2£ in 

 head. Eye 3£ in head; interorbital space 1^ in orbit; 

 scales small, rough, much smaller above lateral line. 

 irregular; scales smooth on breast, snout, maxillary 

 and mandible. Second anal spine much stronger and 

 longer than third, 2$ in head. Pectorals reaching 

 vent. Dusky above, with faint traces of darker blotches 

 along back. Santa Barbara Islands. alutus.\\ 



■<■ t.astodes proriger Eigenmann & Eigenmann (not of Jordan & Gilbert), 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 15, 1890, and Acutomentum macdonaldi Eigenmann 

 & Beesou, Amer. Naturalist, (169, 1893. 



t St bastichthys prorigt r var. brt vispinis Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 359, 

 1883. 



: Sebastodes oralis Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 209, 212, fig. 65, 1862. 



$sp. nov. A full description will s i be published elsewhere. 



|| Sebastichthya alulus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 76, 1890. 



