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variegated coloration seem clearly to indicate that this fish is not an inhabitant of very 

 great depths, and, perhaps, does not penetrate beyond the depth mentioned. 



A second smaller specimen is so similar to the other, that no distinctive specific 

 characters can be pointed out ; it is not, however, in a good state of preservation. It is 

 of a nearly uniform reddish colour, finely punctated with greyish on the back, and white 

 below. 



Habitat. — Off Matuku, Fiji Islands, Station 173a; depth, 310 fathoms. One 

 specimen, 6^ inches long. 



The stomach of this species is prolonged into a distinct csecal sac ; the pylorus is 

 surrounded by a ring of extremely short appendages, and others equally short occupy in 

 a double series the mesenteric line of the uppermost part of the intestine. These pyloric 

 appendages are altogether twenty in number. 



Neohythites ocellatus, n. sp. (PI. XXI. fig. B). 



Head compressed, deeper than broad, the obtusely rounded snout overlapping the 

 lower jaw. Anterior part of the head with wide muciferous cavities. Eye rather large, 

 as long as the snout, and one-fourth of the length of the head. Interorbital space 

 convex. The maxillary extends somewhat behind the eye. Prseoperculum with an 

 obtuse spine above its angle, hidden below the skin. Opercular spine slender, very con- 

 spicuous. Vomerine teeth a subquadrangular patch, as broad as long, with the posterior 

 corners produced. The upper part of the head is covered with small scales to between 

 the eyes. Chin naked. Scales small and very thin, in seven or eight longitudinal series 

 between the dorsal fin and lateral line. Vertical fins of moderate height, the dorsal 

 beginning behind the root of the pectoral. The distance between the vent and root of 

 the ventrals equals the length of the head. Pectorals rather longer than the postorbital 

 portion of the head. The ventrals are inserted nearly opposite to the angle of the 

 prseoperculum a little distant from each other, and do not quite extend so far backwards 

 as the pectorals; they are bifid, the inner filament being the longer. Body light 

 brownish, marbled with darker. A large black white-edged ocellus anteriorly on the 

 dorsal fin, a second larger one at some distance behind, a third is but slightly indicated. 



Habitat— OS Pcrnambuco, coast of Brazil, Station 122 ; depth, 350 fathoms. One 

 specimen, 3f inches long. 



Neobythites gillii. 



Neohythites gillii, Goode and Bean, Proc. U.S. Nat. AIus., vol. viii., 1886, p. 600. 

 The eye is large, contained three and two-third times in the length of the head, and 

 one and one-half times in that of the snout. Mouth large, extending to behind the 



