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dorsal; all dermal flap.s dark In-own; lips and maxillar}- dusky; pec- 

 toral dark at middle, lighter below and ])ehind, a few black spots on 

 under surface; ventrals, caudal, and anal dusky; belly and lower parts 

 sparse!}' freckled with slightl}' diffused spots, not so large, black, or 

 clear-cut as on the other specimen. This specimen in life, where not 

 dark ))rown, was golden yellow. 



We have two specimens from Hiroshima and Kobe, 24 and 28 cm. 

 in length. 



The species is much less conmion than Inhnicus japonicus. 



{aurmitiaciis^ orange color.) 



Measurements of Inimicus aurantiacus. 



Locality. 



Length in millimeters without caudal 



Heart in hundredths of length 



Depth 



Eye 



Maxillarv 



Interorbitiil width 



Widtli of snout across maxillaries 



Lengtli of i)eetoral 



Length of third dorsal spine 



Length of caudal 



Number of dorsal .spines 



Number of dorsal rays 



Number of anal spines 



Number of anal rays 



19. OCOSIA Jordan and Starks. 

 Ocosia Jordan ami Stark^;, new genus (vespa). 



Body compressed, elevated, covered with smooth skin. Head 

 pointed, rather small; mouth small, little oblique; teeth on vomer and 

 palatines; preorbital, w4th a long curved spine reaching nearly to the 

 tip of the maxillary; small spines on top and sides of head; preopercle 

 with 4 spines; spinous dorsal high, continuous, beginning above middle 

 of e3'e, of 16 spines and 9 soft rays; anal i"d\s III, 6. Ventral rays 

 I, 5; pectoral without free rays. Small lishes of rather deep water in 

 Japan, differing from Agriopus in lacking the preopercular spine and 

 in having 3 spines in the anal. 



{okoze or ohjse^ the fTapanese name for venomous Scorpsenoid 

 fishes.) 



47. OCOSIA VESPA Jordan and Starks, nev^^ species. 



Head 2f in length without caudal; depth 2^. Dorsal XVI, 9; anal 

 HI, 6. Ventral raj-^s I, 5. Lateral line wdth 12 or 13 pores. Eye 1 

 in head; maxillary 2f. 



Anterior profile from first dorsal spine to tip of snout nearly straight 

 and rather steep, a notch between eye and premaxillary processes. 

 Mouth scarcely oblique and below axis of body; the maxillary reach- 

 ing to below middle of eye. Lower jaw very slightly projecting, and 



