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Type.—Csit. No. 70274, U.S.N.M., 8.6 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5283 (lat. 13° 48' 30" N.; long. 120° 28' 40" 

 E.), near Malavatuan Island, southern Luzon, at a depth of 280 

 fathoms, on a bottom of dark gray sand. 



This species agrees with D. nudiventer of Lloyd in having the ven- 

 tral surface of disk nearly devoid of tubercles, but differs markedly in 

 form. The armature is weak, ^and the subopercular processes and 

 rostral spine are obsolete, as in DibrancJiopsis of Garman. 



Genus CGELOPHRYS Brauer. 



Under this genus we have included those species characterized by 

 the posterior position of the branchial aperture and short body; 

 the head more arched and less disk-lU^e than in the typical Dihran- 

 chus; the tubercles in most species small, prickle-like, giving the fish 

 a furry appearance; the ventrals small. Its differences from Dihran- 

 chus are so slight as to suggest the necessity of degrading it to sub- 

 generic rank. Dihranchus micropus Ale ock (pi. 26, fig. 1 ; pi. 27, fig. 1) 

 should be included in the genus. 



CCELOPHRYS MOLLIS Smith and RadclifEe, new species. 

 Plate 24, fig. 1; plate 26, fig. 5; plate 27, fig. 5. 



Dorsal 6; caudal 9; anal 4; ventral 5; pectoral 15. 



Head large, subcircular, its length measured to anterior margin of 

 gill-opening 1.38, breadth equal to length, depth 2.10 in its length; 

 body short, slender, tapering; length exclusive of caudal 3.63; eye 

 4.66, large; snout 3.50, broad; mouth large, nearly horizontal, jaws 

 subequal; teeth in jaws villiform; palate and tongue edentulous; 

 maxillary 3; nostrils small, on side of rostrum opposite middle of 

 eye; interorbital 3, broad, depressed; rostrum depressed, truncate; 

 tentacular cavity as wide as interorbital, low, and shallow; illicium 

 protactile, tipped with two lateral lobes and a broad, fleshy flap above; 

 tubercles small, closely packed, apical prickles elongate; those along 

 edge of disk Y-shaped; tubercles on ventral surface slightly smaller, 

 apical prickles shorter. 



Insertion of dorsal nearer tip of snout than tip of caudal, rays very 

 slender; caudal 2.10, narrow; base of anal not entirely behind base 

 of dorsal, rays slender; ventrals 5.23, very small; pectorals 2.47, 

 more than double the length of ventrals, tips reaching beyond base 

 of caudal. 



Color in alcohol : Cream white ; edges of disk, margin of gill-opening, 

 lower base of pectorals dusky black; ventrals blackish, tips whitish. 



Type.— Cat. No. 70275, U.S.N.M., 3.9 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5348 (lat. 10° 57' 45" N.; long. 118° 38' 15" 

 E.), in Palawan Passage, at a depth of 375 fathoms, on a bottom of 

 coral sand. 



