NO. 1924. NEW rillTJPPIXE ANACAyTIfTXE FI^HEfi—RADCIJFFK. 123 



those of anal somewhat longer; outer ventral ray filamentous 2.22 

 in head; pectoral 2 iu head. 



Color in alcohol: Sepia, darker on belly, sides, and ventral surface 

 of head ; fhis dusky. 



Type.— C&i. No. 72939, U.S.N.M., 10.2 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5428 (hit. 9° 13' 00" N.; long. 118° 51' 15" E.), 

 off eastern Palawan, at a depth of 1,105 fathoms, on a bottom of gray 

 mud. 



MACROURUS ORTHOGRAMMUS Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 

 Plate 27, fig. 3. 



First dorsal ii,ll; ventrals 10; pectorals 22. 



Head 5.12 in total length, arched, depressed anteriorly, breadth 

 2.18 in length, bones firmer than in M. parvipes, which it somewhat 

 resembles; suborbital ridge sharp, wavy; body rather slender, strongly 

 compressed, gi-eatest depth at origin of dorsal 7.20 in total length; 

 vent immediately in front of anal ; tail long, slender, com])ressed ; eye 

 4 in head, subcircular; interorbital 3.30, broader than eye, nearly flat, 

 a slight mesial depression in the alcoholic specimen; snout 3.18, short, 

 depressed, a distmct angulation on sides as in species of Matseo- 

 cephalus; from this point the snout narrows rapidly, the margin bemg 

 slightly concave in the alcohoHc specimen, tip pointed, no well- 

 developed groove along anterior margin such as is found in Matseo- 

 cepJialus; mouth rather large; mandibular barbel small; teeth in nar- 

 row villiform bands, outer row in upper jaw slightly enlarged; scales 

 of moderate size, 8 in a series from origin of dorsal to and including 

 lateral line, 5 or 6 from last dorsal ray, exposed portion of each scale 

 armed with about 5 parallel rows of slender spmules, these in reduced 

 number, usually a single spine in each outside row, 2 in each of the 

 next and 3 in the median row, those on head erect, hair-like, giving 

 the head a furry appearance; under side of head partially scaled 

 posteriorly. 



Tip of snout to origin of dorsal 4.50 in total length; first dorsal 

 spine slender, 0.45 diameter of eye; second spine about 1.67 in head, 

 armed with 6 slender, widely separated spinules; interdorsal narrow, 

 about 0.66 eye; rays of second dorsal low, small; anal rays better 

 developed; outer ventral ray long, filamentous, 1.52 in head; pectoral 

 1.67. 



Color in alcohol: Ground color Vandyke brown; head and belly 

 darker; fins dusky. 



Type.— Cat. No. 72940, U.S.N.M., 18 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5636 (lat. 1° 55' 00" S.; long. 127° 42' 30" E.), 

 near Gomomo Island, Dutch East Indies, at a depth of 1,262 fathoms, 

 on a bottom of gray mud and fine sand. 



Tliis species was taken with the type of M. parvipes and struc- 

 turally it bears quite a close resemblance; it is readily distinguished 



