30 SMITT, ON THE (iENUS LYCODES, 



N:o R. 3. Same loccality as N:o V. 21, 



Very like Vahlii {gracilis); almost uniforinly påle reddish 

 grey on the body, with bluish lins. 8 caudal oblique crossbands 

 scarcely perceptible (9, if the dusky tip of the tail-fin be counted), 

 the foremost of these however proliably two and two belonging 

 to the same original saddle-mark. Belly påle livid. Scales on 

 the upper (dorsal) parts of the sides of the body from a little 

 behind the head to half the length of the tail. Breadth of the 

 head about twice that of the belly and about four times the 

 breadth of the body at the beginning of the anal lin. 



N:o R. 4. Same locality as the preceding specimen. 



Same colour as the preceding, but with the crossraarks a 

 little more distinct. Caudal saddle-marks (resp. crossbands be- 

 hind) 6 (or 7, if the dark tip of the tail-fin be counted). Anal 

 fin light edged, dark livid in the hind half of its length. Belly 

 white, but a longitudinal livid band on the upper parts of its 

 sides. Scales on the whole sides of the body (except the naked 

 belly), in the dorsal part extending back to the end of the fifth 

 caudal crossband, in the ventral part to the end of the fourth. 

 Anal opening below the usual interspace. 



N:o R. 5. Same locality as N:o V. 13. 



Same colour and shape of the body as the preceding, but 

 the cross-marks still more distinct, as well as the branchiostegal 

 membrane, the belly and the light-edged anal fin in whole its 

 length darker, more or less livid. Cross-marks on the body more 

 reddish grey. Caudal cross-marks 6; the dark tip of the tail-fin 

 uniting with the dark longitudinal band in the anal fin. Anal 

 opening below the usual interspace. Hind margin of pectorals a 

 little incised. 



X:o R. G. Same locality as the preceding, same shape of body and 

 same colour, but paler. 



N:o R. 7. Spitzberg; raouth of Ice-firth; depth 350 ra.; mud-bottom; 

 June 6, 1900; KOLTHOFF-expedition. 



In colour a true frir/idns, reddish brown, but with obscure 

 rests of 6 caudal cross-marks and dark tip of tail-fin uniting 

 with the blue-black anal fin. Pectorals a little incised. Head 

 with nape, fins and belly naked. 



X:o R. 8. SE. of Walrus-island; 74 30'n.; 18 40'w.; depth 80— 

 100 m.; mud with stones; August 4, 1900; KOLTHOFF-expedJtion. 

 Paler (more reddish) fricfidiis-colonr, with more distinct 

 cross-marks. Caudal crossbands 7, the last on the caudal fin, 

 whose tip however is light. Belly livid. Anal opening below 

 the front half of the first caudal crossband. Scales from the 

 base of the pectorals almost out to the hind tip of the body. 



X:o R. 9. Same locality as N:o V. 12. 



Påle red, almost as N:o R. 6. Above the opercle, at the 

 upper corner of the branchial aperture, on each side of the body, 

 a light-red spöt as a rest of the original light nuchal crossband. 

 Caudal crossmarks 7 (or 8, if an obscure mark of a crossband 



