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TERRA NOVA" EXPEDITION. 



rlu- procurrent part of the caudal. aii<l cxtciuls luiwaid to the (lor.sal. The .small pelvic 



liiis arc a little in advaiici" of tlic vertical from the origin of tlie dor.sal. ami the anus is 

 a .short distance in liont of them : from the anu.s a mendnanous frinee runs liarkwards 

 to the anal fin. 



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Fig. 1. — Noioleph coalsii. Type, actual size. 



Dr. W. 8. Bruce has very kindly lent nie the type in order that the accompanying 

 figure might lie drawn. Imt owing to the condiiKni oi' tlie specimen (<-t. Tr. IJ. Soc. 

 Edinburgh, XLIX, 1913, p. 233) this figure is largely a restoration. Tlie " Terra Nova " 

 example agrees with the type in tlie numlier of myot(mies (82) and fin-rays (8 (h)rsal and 



Fic. ■_'. — Distribution of Nofolcjiix cuatsii. All recorded ciijitures arc from the area bounded by the 

 extreme limit of pack-ice, ^~~ ^^ -^ ^^ ,^ ^-^ .~^. Specimens taken by the "Terra Nova," ^ ; 

 "Pounpioi Pas?" ifj ; " Scotia," + ; " Challenger," ^. 



28 anal) ; hut in the type, which is lOJ mm. long, the anus is further hack, liclow the 

 anterior part of the dor.sal fin. and there is a separate adipo.sc fin. On the other liand. 

 in a specimen of 50 mm., the anus is further forward, only a sliort distance licliind 



