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Caudal subtruncate. Five dark bars on back, extending upwards on the dorsal fins, 

 the first at base of spinous dorsal, the second and fourth stronger than the rest ; a spot 

 on praeorbital, another on cheek; lower part of body irregularly spotted; fins with 

 series of spots. 



Hab. South Victoria Land. 



Known only from the types, 2 specimens, each 80 mm. in total length, from off Cape 

 Adare, 85 to 95 metres. 



Artedidraco skottsbergi, Lonnberg. 



Artedidraco skottsbergi, Lonnberg, 1905, t.c, p. 48, pi. iv, fig. 15; Regan, 1913, t.c, p. 280; 

 Vaillant, 1906, Bull. Miis. Paris, 1906, No. 3, p. 139; 1906, Exped. Antarct. Fratif. (1903- 

 1905), Poiss., p. 46; Regan, 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. (' Terra Nova') Exped. 1910, Zool. i 

 (i), p. 7, pi. V, fig. i; Norman, 1937, Rep. B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. 73. 



St. 599. 17. i. 31. 67° 08' S, 69° o6i' W. Large dredge, 203 m.: i specimen, 85 mm. 



Depth of body 4I to nearly 6 in the length, length of head 3 to 3I. Diameter of eye 

 3 to 3f, interorbital width about 14 to 20 in length of head. Maxillar}' extending to 

 below anterior i or j of eye ; barbel less than i diameter of eye, simple, smooth or finely 

 papillose; 7 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II-IV, 24-27; middle 

 soft rays longest. Anal 17-20. Last rays of dorsal and anal joined or nearly joined to 

 base of caudal. Pectoral with 15 to 17 rays, i| to if in length of head, extending to 

 above vent or origin of anal ; pelvics shorter, scarcely reaching vent in young, not as 

 far in adult. Caudal rounded or subtruncate. Body with numerous irregular dark 

 spots ; a series of blotches at base of dorsal fin sometimes continued on sides of body as 

 bars ; vertical fins with series of spots on the rays, those on posterior part of dorsal and 

 anal and near upper and lower edges of caudal deep black ; pectorals barred. 



Hab. Graham Land; South Shetlands; Enderby Land; Mac-Robertson Land; 

 South Victoria Land. 



The type of the species, 57 mm. in length without the caudal fin, was taken south of 

 Snow Hill, Graham Land, at a depth of 125 metres. In addition to the specimen 

 collected by the Discovery Committee, the above description is based upon 18 

 specimens in the British Museum collection, up to 120 mm. in total length, and 

 13 others, 45 to 107 mm. long, collected by the B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Ex- 

 pedition. I have also seen a specimen, 70 mm. in total length, in the Paris Museum 

 (No. 06 — 152). This is from Booth Wandel Island, at a depth of 40 metres. 



Artedidraco loennbergi, Roule. 



Artedidraco loennbergi, Roule, 1913, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1913, No. i, p. 4. 



Artedidraco loenbergi, Roule, Angel and Despax, 1913, Deux. Exped. Antarct. Franf. (1908- 



1910), Poiss., p. 13, pi. iv, fig. 4. 

 Artedidraco loennbergii, Regan, 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. {'Terra Nova') Exped. 1910, Zool. i 



(i), p. 8, pi. V, fig. 2. 



Depth of body 5 to 6 in the length, length of head 2f to 4^. Diameter of eye 2| 

 to 3 1, interorbital width 15 to 20 in length of head. Maxillary extending to below 



