14 Mr. C. T. Regan — Diagnoses of 



Chcenodraco loilsoni, sp. n. 



D. VII, 39. A. .3.3. Snout 2f, eye 4, interorbital wiath 

 3| in liea'l, wliich is 3|^ in length of fish. Dorsals con- 

 tinuous at base, A large dark spot on spinoua dorsal. 



Total lenijth 2.50 mm. 



McMurdo Sound, 100-200 fathoms. 



Chcenodraco fasciatus, sp. n. 



D. VII, 40. A. 34. Snout 2^, eye 4^, interorbital width 

 4^ in head, wiiich is 2§ in length of fish. Dorsals separate. 

 Body with 5 blackish cross-bars. 



Total length 92 mm. 



McMurdo Sound, 207 fathoms. 



2. Fishes from New Zealand. 

 Idiacanthus niger^ sp. n. 



D. .59 ; origin above posterior part of pelvic fins, when these 

 are laid back. A. 38 ; origin a little nearer caudal than base 

 of pelvics. Photophores in ventral series from isthmus to 

 pelvics about 37, from pelvics to anal 21. Barbel twice as 

 lon!^- as head. 



Total length 400 mm. 



NoTOPOGON, gen. nov. 



Differs from iyfaci'orhamphosus in the dorsal fins continuous 

 at base, the third to seventh spines nearly equidistant and 

 gradually decreasing backwards, the deeper body, and the 

 presence in adults of a patch of bristles on the back behind 

 the head. Only 3 large plates in each dorso-lateral series. 



Notopogon lilliei; sp. n. 



D. VII, 14, second spine strong, above middle of anal. 

 A. 19. Distance from base of dorsal spine to vent about f 

 that from head to caudal fin. 



Total length 12.5 mm. 



Notopogon xenosonvi^ sp. n. 



D. VII, 15, second spine rather slender, inserted above 

 caudal [Kdunclc. A. 17. Distance from base of dorsal spine 

 to vent rather more tlian that from head to caudal fin. 



'J'otal hnsjth 80 mm. 



Ca[)c North, 70 fathoms. 



