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naked upper end, and a patch down middle of maxillary with spines, 

 lower end, anterior margin and an area behind maxillar}' naked; a wide 

 area on each side of the mandible naked; a saddle-like patch behind 

 second dorsal spine naked; lines of spinous tubercles surrounded by 

 small naked areas most conspicuous at l)ase of second dorsal spine; a 

 few following- edge of preopercle and side of bod}'; three or four 

 scattered over cheek and maxillar}^; a few large fleshy flaps on man- 

 dible and lower part of head. 



Body, head, and tins irregularly mottled with a network of dark and 

 light-brown lines around spots of white; dark, very irregular bars on 

 caudal, more broken and less evident on other tins, though no lighter; 

 an irregular spot at base of last dorsal rays irregularly and incon- 

 spicuously ocellated; inside of mouth light l^rown. 



The type is 13^ inches in length, and is numbered \}97d in the Stan- 

 ford University collections. A sp(K-imen obtained previously at Avalon 

 was lost or destroyed. 



This species difl'ers from Antennarlua strigdtux in color; there being 

 no stripes or bars apparent anywhere; and the third dorsal spine is 

 considerably free, not developed as a hump. A specimen of ^1. stri- 

 (jattis from Panama (possibly referable to another species), lO inches 

 long, is described as being co\ered with- line shagreen-like armature. 

 The armature of ^1. aralonls could scarcely be called fine or shagreen- 

 like. The species diflers from AvJennariui^ tagux Heller and Snod- 

 grass, in having no deep pit behind second dorsal spine; the tip of 

 second spine not strongly bent backward, but ending in a fleshy flap; 

 the naked areas on sides of mandible larger; in having short fleshy 

 tentacles under mandible; in having the fins thicker, lower, and the 

 underside of pectorals plicate and papillose. The color is darker than 

 in A. tagus and of a different pattern. 



