199 

 SPECIES VIII. 



(PELAGIC.) 



An L-'^<^ ro6 inni. in diameter containing no oil glolnilcs was 

 found in a tow-netting from False Bay in December. It pro- 

 duced a long (4'5 mm.) larva of a clear hvaline appearance 

 with nc^) vellow spots and only a few (20 j black ones, some- 

 times with branchings. These occurred on the top of tlie 

 head and scattered without order at considerable distances 

 from each othei along the body to the caudal extremity ; also 

 one on dorsal and anal fin behind the rectum. The volk had a 

 clear sacculated appearance. The notochord was unicolumnar. 

 {P\. IV., fig. 32.) The distance between the anus and the 

 posterior extremity was contained 5 times in the total length of 

 the body, so that its position is markedly posterior. 



The pectoral fins were slightly developed. 



SPECIES IX. 



(PELAGIC/^ 



A cluster of fish eggs containing embrvos was procured in 

 the shrimp trawl on the 2nd April, 1902,47 miles North West 

 of Lion's Head, from 175 fathoms. 



The eggs were spherical, 2 mm. in diameter, and were securely 

 agglutinated together at their points of contact in a small bunch, 

 perhaps a fragment of a larger mass torn from the bottom or 

 captured in the ascent of the trawl in mid water or surface. No 

 opportunity was afforded of ascertaining to what kind of larva 

 they belonged. They were preserved in formalin and the 

 measurements are from these preserved specimens. 



SPECIES X. 

 PELAGIC.) 



A large egg 178 mm. ui diameter, and possessing many 

 small oil globules, was found in a tow-netting in December in 

 False Bay. It contained an embryo and yolk sac, both 



