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tips of dorsal and anal reaching caudal ; a dusky shade from eye 

 to edge of opercle continued faintly in the young to the caudal ; 

 very conspicuous markings extending from eye down and 

 ' back ; they consist first of a black blotch followed by two or 

 four parallel black lines, these followed after an interval by 

 one to 5 similar ones and these again in some specimens by 

 other similar ones ; back to the lateral line in the young with 

 very obscure cross shades ; side, and in the adult the back 

 also, with light stripes along the middle of the scales and 

 prominent zigzag dark stripes between each two rows of 

 scales ; entire dorsal and base of anal spotted ; caudal ob- 

 scurely spotted ; pectorals and ventrals plain. 



The black markings below the eye are so unique and con- 

 spicuous that they attract the attention at once and give the 

 impression of India ink pen strokes. 



I take great pleasure in dedicating this species to the collector, 

 Prof. W. B. Scott, of Princeton University. 



Type in Mus. Princeton Univ., a specimen 280 mm. long, 

 from Buenos Aires ; coll. Prof. W. B. Scott. Cotypes in 

 Princeton and Indiana Universities (No. 11420, Mus. Ind. 

 Univ.), 145 to 165 mm. long, from same place. 



PLEURONECTID^. 

 Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus). 

 Two specimens. 



