1 84 



Southern Cross. 



D. VI, 28-29; Sq. 65-68 ~|; gill-rakers 10 to 12 ; caudal 



rounded \o.microlepidota,B.\:iii} 



B. Interorbital width 2^ to 2^ in length of head. 

 D. lY, 29-30; Sq. 58-62 ^; gill-rakers 10 or 11 ; 



caudal truncate or slightly emarginate 14. macrocephala, Gthr.^ 



III. Anal with 18 to 20 rays. 

 D.YII, 24-25; Sq. 100-110 ; head scaly above 15.y?/7io7/, Sauv. 



Nofofhevia pJiocae, I\ich., and N. magdJanica, Forst., have not heen identified. 



7. NOTOTHENIA NICOLAI, Sp. 11. 

 (Plate XV.) 



Depth of body nearly 4 times in total length, length of head 3-^- to 

 3|^ times. Diameter of eye 3 times in length of head, interorbital 

 width 7 to 8 times ; maxillary extending to below anterior fourth or 

 anterior third of eye ; lower jaw projecting beyond the npper ; upper 

 surface of head naked ; cheek and opercle densely scaled. Gill-rakers 

 rather short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal IV, 

 35-37; longest rays ^ length of head. Anal 31-33; longest rays 

 3 length of head, Pectoral rounded, a little shorter than head, 

 reaching beyond origin of anal. Ventral f to | length of head. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. Scales 

 ^9"'^'^ iSj ; lateral line |=f. Olive-brown, with more or less dis- 

 tinct cross-bars, and with or without small black spots ; fins dark 

 brown, anterior dorsal black. 



Total length, 230 mm. 



This new species, named in memory of Nicolai Hanson, is repre- 

 sented by four specimens from Cape Adare, at a depth of 5 to 8 

 fathoms, and one from Duke of York Island, 4 fathoms. Measurements 

 and numbers of fin-rays and scales in these specimens are here given. 



Cape Adare 



Duke of York Island 



230 

 190 

 160 

 145 

 160 



IV 

 IV 

 IV 

 IV 

 IV 



4 ^ 



4 ^ 



4 ^ 



1 ^ 



4 3J 



10 



5? 



11 



1 N. parva, Hutt., 1879. 



^ N. maoriensh, Haast, 1873. N. anqustata, Ilutt., 1875. ^\ hassleriana, 

 Stdr., 1875. N. antarctica, Ptrs., 1876. N. arquta, Hutt., 1879. N. marmorata, 

 Fischer, 1885. 



