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little high at first, nearly axial along side of body; tubes large., 

 simple. Scales with 8 to 14 basal radiating striae; 28 to 32 apical 

 denticles; circiili fine, coarser or abruptly terminated apically. 



D. XIII, I, 8, I, sixth spine 1% in total head length, second 

 branched ray 19/io '■> A. Ill, 5, i, third spine 1%, fii'st ray 11/2 ; caudal 

 1%, convex behind ; least depth of caudal peduncle 3I/3 ; pectoral 

 reaches ly^ to caudal or 21/10 iii fish without caudal, rays in, 7, ix; 

 ventral rays I, 5, fin IYq in total head length. 



H.W.F.del. 



Figure 3C. — Nemapterois Mocellatus, uew genus, new species. Type. 



General tint dull flesh color to light pink. Brown blotch on front 

 of snout, followed by broad, white band from front of eye down to 

 maxillary. Brown bar down from lower eye edge to maxillary ex- 

 pansion and another posteriorly down to lower part of opercle and 

 subopercle, interval of lower cheek lighter brown. Obscure narrow 

 brown bar crosses lower surface of head from each side behind end 

 of maxillary. Dark band across front of interorbital and another 

 broader over its median area. White lines radiate in orbit from iris. 

 Supraorbital flap white, with round black spot in expansion. Two 

 dark brown bands, narrowly separated, cross postocular part of head 

 and posteriorly just before dorsal a third broader one, last reflected 

 down behind opercular spine. From middle of spinous dorsal broad 

 blackish brown band down to belly and another from soft dorsal 

 base to anal; these bands all reflected on bases of dorsals to join 

 dark areas on fins, also last reaches anal. Dorsals white, spinous fin 

 with 3 longitudinal dark brown bands, with upper 2 series marked 



