NO. 1484. JAPANESE FLO UNDERS AND SOLES— JORDAN & STARKS. 193 



Color every where dark brown, dorsal and anal a little lighter at base 

 of ra^^s; membrane of caudal darker than the rays making- longitudi- 

 nal streaks; dorsal, anal, and caudal of blind side dark toward tips of 

 rays. 



Numerous specimens were dredged off Kinkwazan Island, Matsu- 

 shima Bay, at stations 376U and 3770. The type is 22 cm. in length, 



Cat. No. 5U02, U.S.N.M.; cotypes are No. 8391, Stanford Univer- 

 sity. 



ipinetorimi^ of the pines; in reference to Matsushima Bay: matsu, 

 pine; shima, island.) 



12. PROTOPSETTA Schmidt. 



Protopsetta Schmidt, Pise. Mar. Orient, 1904, p. 230 {herzemteini). 



This genus is allied to Hlppoglossoides^ differing in the insertion of 

 the upper eye, which is placed on the upper outline of the head, as in 



