24O CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



fourth longest, 2% in head, the fifth, sixth and seventh 

 nearly equal, the twelfth 2% in the fourth; the mem- 

 brane deeply incised; longest dorsal ray about equal to 

 longest spine. Anal spines graduated ; the second nearly 

 as long as and but little stronger than third, 2-f- in head, 

 1^ in the soft rays. Caudal truncate, or a little rounded 

 (the rays somewhat injured). Base of pectorals 4 in 

 head, the nine lower rays simple, the middle rays long- 

 est, reaching a little beyond vent, 3 J in length of body. 



Ventrals reaching vent. 



Color in alcohol: Reddish-brown; pale below; dorsals 

 and pectorals dusky; membranes of spinous dorsal black- 

 edged, and tips of ventrals blackish. Peritoneum white, 

 with a few black specks. 



One specimen, 7 inches long, taken at Monterey, Cali- 

 fornia, by Dr. Wilbur W. Thoburn; No. 4046, L. S. Jr. 

 Univ. Mus. 



It is named for Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann, of the Uni- 

 versitv of Indiana, in recognition of his work on the 

 genus Sebastodes. The species is nearest to Sebastodes 

 ovalis, but the mouth is larger and the color different. 



38. Sebastodes darwini Cramer, n. sp. 



?Sebasles oculata Jenyns, Voyage H. M. S. Beagle, Zool. Fish. No. 

 ii, part iv, 37, 1840, Valparaiso. 



Closely allied to Sebastodes rosaceus. Spines similar in 

 number, but a trifle higher; upper spines on preopercle 

 longest. Gill -rakers slender, x-{-i8, nearly as long as 

 pupil. Jaws subequal. Pectoral short, i^ in head, the 

 lower rays thickened; second anal spine long, curved. 

 A. Ill, 6. Compared with a specimen of S. rosaceus of 

 the same size, the snout is blunter in S. darwini, the 

 cranial ridges are a shade higher; the pectoral is shorter, 

 reaching only to vent (while in S. rosaceus it reaches to 

 second anal spine; second anal spine much longer than 



