262 TRACHINID.'E. 



band, edged with dark brown, from below the eye to the lower limb 

 of the pra^operculum. 



Cape Horn and Falkland Islands ; New Zealand. 



a. Falkland Islands. PresentedbjW. E.Wright, Esq. ] rp^ « , , 



b. Falkland Islands. Presented by W. E.Wright, Esq. I ^^^^ ?^ ^^® 



c. Falkland Islands. PresentedbyW. E.Wright, Esq. J ^V^^^^^s- 



d. Falkland Islands. Presented by W. E. Wright, Esq. — Type of 



N. marginata. 



e. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Eichardson. 

 /. Port Louis. From the Haslar Collection. 



5. Notothenia virgata. 

 Richards. Voy. Ereh. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 18, pi, 11. f. 6, 6. 

 D. 6 I 32. A. 29. L. lat. 52. 



The height of the body is five times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 3|. The upper surface of the head naked. Brownish, 

 speckled with darker : a broad yellowish lateral band ; a narrow 

 band of the same colour on the back, along the base of the dorsal ; 

 an oblique, yellowish, brown-edged streak on the cheek. 



Falldand Islands. 



a. Falkland Islands. Presented by W. E. Wright, Esq. — Type of the 

 species. 



6. Notothenia purpuriceps. 

 Richards. I. c. p. 7. pi. 2. f. 3, 4. 

 D. 4 1 35. A. 31. L. lat. 52. Cjbc. pylor. 5. Vert. 15/37. 



The height of the body is nearly five times in the total length, 

 the length of the head 3|. The upper parts of the skull and the 

 lower portion of the cheek scaleless. Brownish ; no streak on the 

 cheek. (Rich.) 



Kerguelen's Land. 



7. Notothenia sima. 

 Richards. Voy. Ereb. 8f Terr. Fishes, p. 19. pi. 77. f. 1, 2. 

 D. 6 I 28. A. 28. L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is one-sixth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. The upper surface of the head covered Math 

 irregular scales nearly to the nostrils. Brown, with six irregular 

 vertical bars. 



Falkland Islands. 



a. Adult. Falkland Islands. Presented by W. E, ^ 



Wright, Esq. I Types of the 



I). Adult. Falkland Islands. Presented by W. E. ( species. 

 Wright, Esq. J 



c. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



