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and extending back to the opercle. Scales about as in Maijnea, not 

 evident on anterior part of the body in my specimens. Veutrals want- 

 ing. No pyloric cceca. Intestine short. Vent at the end of the first 

 third of length. Dorsal beginning over base of pectoral, continuous with 

 anal, the rays high. 



Bothrocara mollis, new species. 



A single example, 5J inches long, was trawled August 31, 1888, at 

 station 2860, off Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, in 876 

 fathoms. 



The eye is as long as the snout and three-elevenths as long as the head. 

 Length of the head is contained 5;^ times in the total length ; the depth 

 9^ times. The maxilla reaches nearly to below middle of eye. The 

 longest dorsal ray equals the orbit in length. A space as long as the 

 head will include the first eighteen dorsal rays. The anal begins under 

 the fifteenth ray of the dorsal; the longest ray is half as long as the 

 longest dorsal ray. The pectoral extends to beneath the twelfth ray of 

 the dorsal. 



Color, uniform light brown. 



Maynea pusilla, new sj^ecies. 



The specimen described was obtained July 31, 1888, at station 2848, 

 north latitude 55° 10', west longitude 160^ 18', at a depth of 110 

 fathoms. 



The length of the type is 6^ inches. The depth is one-ninth of the 

 total length ; head one sixth of the same length. The eye equals 1^ 

 times the length of the snout and one third the length of the head. 

 The maxdla extends to below the front of the pupil. The low dorsal 

 begins nearly over the axil of the pectoral. The pectoral is nearly two- 

 thirds as long as the head. The vent is as far from the end of the 

 head as the dorsal origin from the tip of the snout. D. ca 95 ; A. ca 81 ; 

 P. 17. 



Color, light brown. Dorsal and anal with a narrow dark margin. 



Maynea brunnea, new species. 



A single large example, 18 inches long, was obtained May 8, 1888, at 

 station 2839, in north latitude 33° OS', west longitude 118° 40', oft' San 

 Clemente Island, Southern California, at a dej^th of 414 fathoms. 



D. 105 ; A. ca. 95 ; P. 17. 



The eye equals width of in terorbital space and is three-fourths length 

 of snout and one-fifth head. The maxilla extends to below the middle 

 of the pupil. Vomer and palate with villiform teeth in broad bands; 

 intermaxilla and mandible with broad bands of teeth, the outer row 

 not greatly enlarged. 



The length of tlie head is contained 4j Limes in total length. The 

 depth equals two-thirds k'ngth of head. 



