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equal to that of the snout, and is contained about four and a half times in 

 the greatest length of the head. The intermaxillary is long and slender, its 

 leno-th contained slightly more than three times in the distance from the tip 

 of the snout to the insertion of the first dorsal (three and one third times in the 

 length of the head). The maxilla is very slender, except in its posterior third, 

 where it is considerably expanded. The mandible is very stout, posteriorly 

 widened, its length contained nearly two and one third times in that of the head. 

 Teeth in broad \alliform bands on the intermaxillary and the mandible. Two 

 short separate similar bands on the vomer. None on the palatines. 



Head armed with blunt spines, as in C. microps. 



The distance of the dorsal from the tip of the snout is nearly equal to one 

 third of the total length, caudal included. It consists of six spines and seven- 

 teen rays. 



The anal fin is located midway between the tip of the snout and the end of 

 the caudal fin ; it consists of thirteen rays. 



The length of the upper pectoral rays is equal to that of the postorbital por- 

 tions of the head. The pectoral rays diminish rapidly in size, the lowest being 

 exceedingly short. The number of rays is twenty-two. The distance of the 

 ventral from the tip of the snout is one third of the total length without the 

 caudal. The length of the free portion of the ventral equals that of the eye 

 The fill consists of one spine and three rays. 



The caudal consi-sts of ten developed rays. 



Color light brown, the fins somewhat darker. 



This species was first noticed in the Fish Commission collections of 1880, and 

 was mentioned by name in a paper pulilished in that year by Mr. Goode. No 

 description accompanied this name, and the author of it has no excuse to offer 

 for following a practice which is so pernicious and indefensible. 



Specimens were obtained as follows : — 



SCORP^NIDuE. 

 31. Setarches parmatus, Goode. 



Setarches parmatus, Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., III. pp. 480, 481, Feb. 16, 1881. 



Two specimens, respectively 53 mm. and 52 mm. long, were taken at Station 

 327, Lat. 34° 0' 30", Long. 76° 10' 30", at a depth of 178 fathoms. These 

 specimens and the type of the species are the only three examples known. 



