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Fam. COTTIDAE. 
Cottunculus spinosus, n. sp. 
(Plate XXXVIIT.) 
Daly xole Aeron Ve se B16: 
Length of head equals its breadth and is 23 in length of body 
without caudal, which is about a fourth of the length of the 
body and equal its depth; diameter of eye equals the length 
of the snout and is 2} in the depth of the body. Length of 
largest 45 mm. 
There are small teeth in the upper and lower jaw arranged 
in rows of three anteriorly, but in one row posteriorly. There 
are no teeth in the vomer. 
The head has a series of spines or sharp tubercles arranged 
with perfect bilateral symmetry with reference to the body. 
The two most prominent and largest are situated over the 
occipital region and are about 3 the diameter of the eye in 
length. There are a series of five running downwards and 
forwards from each of these on each side of the head to a single 
one situated between the eyes. There are also two (one very 
small) situated between these two largest ones and the oper- 
cular opening ; also a group of four similar,but smaller on the 
anterior margin of the precperculum—one on the snout and 
on the preorbitals. 
The dorsal commences over the pectoral. The spines, 
which seem to be four in number, are covered by the loose skin, 
the tips only showing externally as dark spots. The anal falls 
in the same vertical as the dorsal. The ventrals reach the 
vent, the distance of which from the snout is 24 in the length 
of the body. 
Locality : A single specimen was procured, Cape Point bear- 
ing N. 70° E., distant 40 miles ; depth, about 800 fathoms. 
Cottunculus macrocephalus, Gilchr. 
(Plate XX XIX.) 
Subsequently to the finding of specimens of a Cottunculus 
described (Marine Investigations, Vol. III., p. 7) as a new 
species (C. macrocephalus) additional specimens were procured 
of a much larger size (the largest being 290 mm. as against 
