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almost horizontal, round which the left eye will undoubtedly travel. 

 The abdomen is beginning to get enclosed. 



Fin formula D 89. 



A ca. 68. 

 VertebrEc 9+38=47. 



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Fig. 10. — Solca lascaris. Length 11 mm. Oi^Aona Station, CXXV. A. 9tli Sept., 1913. 

 Total depth 25 fms. Midwater haul. 

 Del. E. Ford. 



Large exceedingly delicate stellate chromatophores are diffusely 

 scattered over the head, body, and abdomen. The dorsal and anal fins 

 retain the darker barred aggregates, while a similar bar is present on 









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Fig. II.— Solca lascaris. Length 11-25 mm. Oithona Station, CLIX. A. 22nd Sept., 

 1913. Total depth 27 fms. Bottom haul. 

 Del. E. Ford. 



the base of the caudal fin, the posterior half of which is devoid of 

 pigment. 



Fig. 11. Length 11-25 mm. 



Length 11-2.5 mm., of which 8-5 mm. are post-anal. The preanal 

 length has considerably lessened. The left eye is almost wholly in 



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