198 



HELLER AND SNODGRASS 



D. X, 33. First dorsal spine very short; second abruptly much 

 longer ; the fourth longest, two and one half in head ; posterior bor- 

 der of fin almost vertical, last spine longer than ninth. Second dorsal 

 fin low in front, gradually rising toward posterior end where border 

 curves abruptly downward ; the longest ray, the twenty-sixth, three in 

 head, about equal to second dorsal spine. Anal short, II, 8 ; second 

 spine two and one half in head ; first and second soft rays longest, two 

 in head, longer than fourth dorsal spine. Depth of caudal peduncle 

 a little less than three in head. Caudal fin gently rounded, middle 

 rays almost two in head. Upper rays of pectoral longest, one and 

 two fifths in head. 



Snout, subopercle, jaws and chin bare, rest of body covered with 

 small ctenoid scales ; small, irregularly arranged scales along lateral 

 line. 



Specimens of this species were secured at Tagus Cove and Eliza- 

 beth Bay, Albemarle Island and at Seymour Island. 



Coloration in Life. — Above dusky-brown ; belly grayish ; lips 

 flesh-color ; fins dusky ; iris golden-brown. 



MEASUREMENTS OF SctcBfia -pcrissa. 



Catalogue No. Leland Stanford Jr. 

 University Museum. 



Length in mm 



Depth 



Head 



Pectoral: Head 



Ventral: Head 



Snout : Head 



Eye : Head 



Dorsal Spines 



Second Dorsal Rays. 

 Second Anal Rays. ., 



(Type) 12302. 

 6360. 



183 

 39 

 35 

 62 

 64 

 24 

 24 

 X 



33 



178 

 38 

 36 

 67 



59 

 22 



25 

 X 



31 



i23°3- 



167 

 38 

 35 

 65 

 61 



27 

 23 

 IX 



32 



147 

 38 

 37 

 58 

 55 

 25 

 24 

 X 



31 



7 



AZURINA EUPALAMA sp. nov. 



p1. v. 



Type. — Cat. No. 6352, Leland Stanford Jr. University Museum. 

 Hood Island. 



Diagnosis. — Differs from A. hirundo in being more slender, in 

 having the lateral line more nearly straight, the tip of the snout 

 blunter, the interorbital space wider, the nape less elevated, the ven- 

 tral profile of the body more convex, it being more convex than the 

 upper, and in having the color olive and gray instead of blue. 



