KISllKS (M' HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



(577 



Tlie larjicst spi'cinu'U (ihtaiiicd is 2IK) iiiii]. Kni^;. 



Taken at the foll.)wiiii; stations: Nos. 3S24, ciff the soutli coas't nf Molokai, 222 to 49S fathoms; 

 :«)10, oft the south coast of Oahn, ;U 1 to :«7 fathoms; .S911, off tlu- south eoa-t of Oahu, ;!:U to :«7 

 fathoms; SillT, off the south eoast of Oahu, 294 to .■!:!0 fatlKim.s; :i97y, off Bird Island, 222 to :587 

 fathoms; 4014, off (he east coast of Kauai, 8U2 to :i99 fathoms; 40h5, off the east coast of Kauai, .SIS to 

 8(j2 fathoms; 4021, off the east coast of Kauai, 2<S(i to :i99 fathoms; 4025, off the east coat-t of Kauai, 

 275 to 3l)S fatlioms; 40,S0, off tht^ north coast of Maui, 2S8 to .'iOiS fathoms; 4088, approach to Pailolo 

 Channel, 297 to :!(m fathoms; 40S9, aii|>roarh to I'ailolo Chann(4, 297 to :i04 fathoms; 4091, approach 

 to Pailolo Channel, 30(> to liOS fathoms. 

 CvetuaplialuK wip( iifniniis f'.Whvn * CriiiiuT. I'nn-. f. s. N';il. Mii«.. XIX. IS'.iT. 42J. pi. xi.n, lij;. I. 



Malacocephalus hawaiiensis, new species. Fif;. 205. 



Type, :',!) cm. lon;„'. from stalioti :;9(I7, off south coast of Oahu, dejith :'!04 to :!15 fathoms; type. No. 

 51018, U. S. Nat. >Ius. 



Depth at origin of first d.jrsal 1.2 in lenglh of hcail; D. ii, 1 1 or 12; V. 9; 1". 19or 20. 



Tliis s)iecies was secured in Ihi' Kaiwi Chanm4 by Ihe .l//>n^)vw.s' in 1891, and was taken in some 

 al)undani'e duriut; the summer (if 1902. It has lieen identilied by ( >ill)ert an<l Cramer with M. I:yris, 

 from the .Vtlanlic, anil is undoubtedly closely r<'latcd to that species. There has been no op]iortunity 



Fig. 2(5.5. — Mnliii'itn i>!ndiis li(iii'(iiii:vsf'< (lillHTl. TU'W species. Type. 



to make direct comparison of specimens, Imt as Hawaiian specimens in certain important respects fail 

 to answer the current descriptions of .)/. /.iris, it seems advisable to distinguish thi^m from that species. 

 The descriptions of M. l:rrls are lacking in detail, and other distinctive character.s may appear when 

 specimens are direi-tly compared. Two specimens captured by the liti-i'.illii<it(>y in tlie .\ndaman Sea 

 have been identified by Alcock with .1/. /.i/i.v, without further remarks. 



