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])art of orbit. Muxillaiy extending' to below middle of eye, lower jaw 

 not projecting, a knob developed at symphysis. Teeth in a moderate 

 band on lower jaw, in a broader ])and on premaxillarv. ])ecoming very 

 broad anteriorly. Tip of mandible titting- into a toothless notch in 

 front of premaxillaries. but without a knob of teeth. Bands of teeth 

 on vomer and palatines a little narrower than on mandible. Anterior 

 nasal with a large backward-extending flap. Interorbital deeph' con- 

 cave, the supraorbital region on each side closely scaled and sloping 

 inward and downward to a naked median channel, which runs to a 

 point anteriorly. Eye elliptical, its long diameter considerably longer 

 than snout. Nasal spines small and sharp. Preocular margin with a 

 pair of small spines on each side. Supraocular margin with 5 or 

 small, very sharp spines, growing larger posteriorly. Parietals with 



Fig. 7. — Neosebastes entaxis. 



a pair of very sharp, widely diverged, naked ridges, ending in spines. 

 A couples of spines are present behind the upper fourth of ej-e, and 

 farther back, slightly above them, is a similar spine on post-temporal. 

 Preorbital with a bunch of 2 or 8 spines on its anterioi- edge, pointing 

 forward, and 8 sharp, hooked spines pointing backward along the 

 rest of its lower edge. A row of sharp spines inclined backward from 

 pr(>orl)ital to preopercle, the tirst large one on center of preorbital 

 preceded by 1 or 2 tiny ones; 2 or 3 under anterior half of eye. one 

 recunilH'iit upon another; a similar group under posterior i)art of eve, 

 haying an interval between; a very long, sharp spine on preopercle, 

 its point nearly reaching edge of opercle, a secondary ridge and spine 

 developed on its base. Edge of preopercle witli 3 smaller spines 

 below, growing smaller downward. 0])ercle with 2 spines; the upper 



