296 PROCEEDINGS OF 2 HE NATIONAL 3IUSEUM. vol. xxvii. 



This species may be known from fr. hifcrmedms^ which it most 

 reseml)les, by the increased number of iin raj^s, the longer maxillary 

 (longer than in an}' of the known northern Pacific forms) and by the 

 shorter humeral spine, and by many minor characters. 



Two specimens, a male and a female, were taken l)y rTordaii and 

 Snyder at Hakodate. The male is the t^^pe; it is 26 cm. in length 

 and is numbered 7710, Ichthyological Collections, Leland Stanford 

 Junior University Museum. 



(Named for the late Dr. Solomon Herzenstein, of St. Petersburg, in 

 recognition of his excellent work on the fishes of the Hokkaido.) 



26. CROSSIAS Jordan and Starks. 

 Crossias Jordan and Stakk^i, new genus {allm). 



This genus is related to Pmudohlennlu^ and Bero^ probably closer 

 to the latter. It ditfers from them in having 3 ventral rays; no pala- 

 tine teeth; a single pair of multifid flaps on top of head behind orbital 

 flaps; the tip of each dorsal spine fringed with cirri; and in having 

 no external intromittent organ. Lateral line pores arranged in pairs 

 above and below main sensor}' canal, which is not protected b}^ con- 

 cealed plates, and does not form a double curve anteriorly. Japan. 



(/c/jocro'ocr, fringes.) 



37. CROSSIAS ALLISI Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 2| in length without caudal; depth 8f. Dorsal VII-10 or 

 17; anal 13; lateral line 34; eye \\ in head; interor))ital width 7; 

 snout -1; maxillary 2^; height of caudal peduncle 4iy. 



Bod}^ not much compressed; behind head the width is four- fifths of 

 the depth. Snout not very steep. Mouth little oblique; the upper 

 jaw the longer; the anterior end of the maxillary on a level with the 

 lower margin of eye or a little below; the maxillary reaches pos- 

 teriorly to below the middle of eye. Small villiform teeth in bands 

 on ]aws and vomer; none on palatines; the vomerine patch rather 

 short and but slightly curved; the l)ands widened in front on jaws. 

 Interorlfital space narrow and concave. Nasal spines well developed, 

 although scarcel}" protruding through skin. A moderate spine at 

 angle of preopercle but slightl}- hooked; below it a smaller triangular 

 spine; next below a very small, blunt tu})ercle; lower anterior edge 

 with a small spine directed forward. A multifid superorbital flap 

 divided to its base into 5 or parts; and a similar one at posterior end 

 of parietal region. 



Skin everywhere naked; no rough plates behind axil. Lateral line 

 a nearl}' straight main tube, unprotected by concealed plates, only 

 slightly curved anteriorly, and not undulating; very short branches 

 above and below, opposite to each other and ending in small pores. 



The tip of each dorsal spine fringed with 5 or 6 tentacles. Spinous 



