PLATE XXX. 



Fig. A. Macrurus serrulatus (page 133). 



North-East of New Zealand, Station 169 ; depth, 700 fathoms, a, End of mutilated tail, 

 simulating a caudal fin. 



Fig. B. Macrurus nasutus (page 132). 



Sea of Japan, Station 235 ; depth, 565 fathoms. With enlarged figure of a scale, and 

 with b, a spinelet from the surface of the scale, highly magnified, to show 

 the longitudinal ridge. 



