from the Falkland Islands. 53 



on tlie sands near tlie lighthouse at Cape Pembroke. The 

 fish from this locality were large, from 30-3G inches in 

 length, and were mostly meshed in a trammel. The specimens 

 brought homewere caught in asmall seine in Stanley Harbour." 



2. Xotothenia si'ma, Richards. 

 Stanley Harbour. Very common. 



3. Xotothenia viacrocephaluSy Gthr. 

 Stanley Harbour. 



4. Harpagifer bispini's, Forst. 



" The little Cotlits-Vikc fish occurring so abundantly along 

 the shores of Stanley Harbour in shallow pools during low 

 water were subject to great variations in colour ; indeed one 

 never found two specimens marked exactly the same. The 

 ground-colour of these fish was usually grey, with longitu- 

 dinal streaks of darker tint. Occasionally one would find a 

 specimen with brilliant carmine patches on the head, with 

 bands of the same colour running along the dorsal surface 

 posteriorly above the pectoral fins. The ventral surface was 

 invariably of a uniform light grey. 1 was unable to keep 

 any of tliese brilliantly coloured specimens in captivity so as 

 to find out if these bright colours were permanent or only 

 transitory. These variations of colour had nothing to do 

 with local surroundings, there being no red sea-weeds in 

 Stanley Harbour — at least, I could find none — although 

 there were plenty in the open ocean." 



Lycodidae. 



5. Ly codes latitans^ Jen. 



" Fairly common along the shore and also in the deep 

 water in Stanley Harbour." 



6. Lycodes jlavuSy sp. n. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 8 times in total 

 length. Head as deep as broad, once and a half as long as 

 broad ; snout short, rounded, projecting beyond the mouth, 

 which extends to below the posterior border of the eye; the 

 diameter of the latter equals interocular width and is con- 

 tained once and one third in length of snout, five and a half 

 times in length of head ; nostril tubular, near the end of the 



