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ings. Soft dorsal translucent, with broad oblique dusky bars. Caudal 

 with the dusky basal bar continued on upper and lower rays at base. 

 The basal half of tiu translucent, its terminal portion with two or three 

 blackish crossbars. Anal black-edged in males. Veutrals black in 

 males. Base and lower half of pectorals largely black iu males, the 

 terminal portion with pearly and dusky bars. Branchiostegal mem- 

 branes black iu males. A broad black bar below eye. Numerous 

 specimens from stations 2893, 2040, 2950, 2977, and 2983, in from 45 to 

 150 fathoms. 



46. Icelmiis fimbriatiis sp. nov. 



Shape much as in /. qiiadrisertatus, the depth 4^ in length. Depth 

 of caudal peduncle two tliirds of orbit. 



Month larger, the maxillary reaching beyond middle of pupil, 2^ to 

 2A iu head. Teeth as usual. Nasal spines strong. luterorbital space 

 narrow, grooved, half length of pupil. Eye 3| to 4^ iu head. 



Preopercular sj)iue very heavy, slightly more than half orbit, with a 

 terminal tooth, and three upwardly directed processes. Two blunt 

 spines behind eye, and another at end of occipital ridge. Three i)re- 

 opercular spines below the main one. No distinct spines on opercle or 

 shoulder. A spine at lower angle of subopercle. 



Conspicuous palmate tentacles ou nasal spines and above and behind 

 eye. Besides these, a number of simple or divided filaments ou eye- 

 ball, occiput, preorbital, maxillary, preopercle, and along lateral line, 

 the latter mostly in groups of three to five. 



Plates on sides as in related species, thirty-six to thirty-eight along 

 lateral line, thirty-two in upper dorsal series. The dorsal series become 

 single behind dorsal fin, double elsewhere, beginning between third 

 and fourth dorsal spines. No plates in axil. 



None of the dorsal spines fila?nentous, the middle ones the longest, 

 the soft rays still higher. Dorsal tins wholly separate. 



Veutrals small, about two-thirds diameter of orbit. Pectorals short, 

 about half head. 



Head 2J to 2^ in length. D. X-15 or 16 ; A. 12. L. 5* inches. 



Color : Olivaceous above, with about four irregular black bars, white 

 below; middle of sides black, with larger or smaller roundish white 

 spots. Lips black, crossed by narrow white streaks. Branchiostegal 

 membranes blackish. Veutrals white, other fins all crossed with oblique 

 or vertical black bars. Spinous dorsal largely black anteriorly and at 

 tips of posterior sj^ines. Pectorals largely black on basal portion of 

 lower rays. Barbels white, except the supraocular, which are black. 



Specimens taken at stations 2893 and 2975, in 145 and 3G fathoms. 



47. Icelinus oculatus sp. uov. 



Body elongate, depth 5^ in length, tapering rapidly backwards to the 

 very slender caudal peduncle, whose least depth is 2i in its length. 

 Lower profile straight; head sharp anteriorly, the occipital ridges biuut, 



