PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 257 

 Table of Measurements. 



Current number of specimen , 

 Locality 



Extreme length (exclusive of caudal) 



Length to end of middle caudal rays 



Body : 



Greatest height 



Greatest width 



Height at vcutrals 



Least height of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Length of barbel 



Greatest width 



Width of iuterorbital area 



Length of snout 



Lengtli of operculum 



Length of maxillary 



Leuath of maudible 



Distance from snout to centre of orbit 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (first) : ■ 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of tirst ray 



Length of second ray 



Length of third ray 



Length of fourth ray 



Length of last ray 



Dorsal (second) : 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray (40th) 



Length of last ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray (3"th) 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length of first ray 



Length of filaments 



Length of second ray 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral , 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lateral lino 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line 



21,840. 



Trawl 174. 



42 milesE. i S., 

 Capo Ann, 140 

 fathoms, Aug. 



27, 1878. 



21,841. 

 Trawl 194. 



21,842. 

 Trawl 194. 



33 miles E. by S.. Cape Ann. E. 

 Pt., 110 fathoms, Aug. 31, 1878. 



Millim. 



242 

 280 



49 



28 



39 



9 



56 

 6 

 29 

 10 

 15 

 13 

 28 

 32 

 24 

 17 



67 

 17 

 15 



28 



117 



26 



3 



142 

 15 

 29 

 5 



121 



108 



9 



20 



6 



38 

 36 



60 

 52 



54 



96 



165 



15 



vir 



9-55 



47 



5-18-5 



17 



3 



90 



7 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



20 



in 



16 



4 



llf 



4i 

 6i 

 5* 



l|i 



13 



10 

 7 



271 



7 



6i 

 114 



48" 



lOi 



li 



58 

 f'i 



lis 



2§ 



50 



44 



4 



8J 

 2i 



151 



m 



12J 



221 

 39 

 68 

 6i 



Millim. 



143 

 166 



29 



33 



4 

 16 



7 



8 



8 

 17 

 19 

 14 

 10 



38 

 10 



8 



^" I 

 50 



15 



15 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Millim. 



23 

 20 



34 

 32 



30 



47 



81 



10 



7 



9-57 



47 



5-21-5 



17 



3 



ca.91 



7 



28 



128 

 148 



20 

 17 



30 



29 



28 



42 



70 



8 



7 



10-56 



47 



5-21-5 



18 



3 



ca.90 



ca.28 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Haloporphyrus viola, sp. nov. 



Two specimens of an iiodescribed species of the genus Raloparphynis 



of Glintber were brought in, August 24, by Captain Joseph W. Collins, 



of the schooner "Marion "of Gloucester; they were taken on a halibut 



trawl-line on the outer edge of Le Have Bank, at a depth of four or five 



Proc. Nat. Mus. 78 17 Dec. 17, 1878. 



