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NEOPHRYNICHTHYS. 



Psychrolutinae, with the preopercular surface near the posterior edge 

 entire and merely striated.* 



Neophrynichthys latus. (PI. xli.j 



I'sycliroliites lulus Hector, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 8, p. 214, 1876. 

 Xeojilii ynichthys latus Giinther, Ami. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), vol. 17, p. 396, 1876. 

 Neoghr ynichthys latus Arthur. Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 17, p. 1(16, PI. 14, 

 figs. 5, 5a, 1885. 



Neophrynichthys with the "color dark brown on head and trunk, 

 somewhat lighter on belly, with more or less distinct [black] bands 

 around margins of the fins, which arc white-tipped (the band is plainest 

 in the caudal fin); a row of salmon-colored spots around margin of pos- 

 terior dorsal and pectoral fins, and numerous round, oval spots of same 

 color scattered all over head, trunk, and fins," with short, simple, black 

 tags scattered on the roof of the head, but no other cutaneous append- 

 ages; averaging about 7 to 8 inches in length. 



Habitat. — Coast of New Zealand. 



The color of this species seems to be quite constant. The diagnosis 

 incorporates the description of Mr. W. Arthur, who had "several" speci- 

 mens for examination, and that description is quite applicable to the 

 specimen in the IT. S. National Museum. Professor Jlutton has simply 

 noticed the color as being "dark grayish-brown, irregularly spotted with 

 white," and Dr. Giinther has indicated it as being "brown, covered all 

 over with round whitish spots." 



Neophrynichthys marmoratus. 



Neophrynichthys latus (part) Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, p. 20, PI. 1. 



Neophrynichthys with the color "blackish-brown, marbled with light 

 brown and gray," and with ramose cirri (1) in a row on each side of the 

 snout, ending behind over the orbits; (2) in a row on the operculum 

 parallel with its margin, and (3) scattered over the caudi-trunk (trunk 

 and caudal region); about 1G inches long.t 



Habitat.— Coast of Patagonia. 



* The Psychrolntes of Jordan and Gilhert lias, near the margin of the preoperculum, 

 a deep farrow crossed by several horizontal bars or bridges. 



t The only specimen known is 16 inches long. What may be the average of the 

 adult remains to be ascertained. 



