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testaceous, the posterior part deep red shaded with black ; 

 the whole body smooth and glabrous. 



Habitat. Cape of Good Hope {Peringuey). \ ^ , \ "} , one 

 larva in my collection. 



In size and in appearance most nearly resembles Ch. Boli- 

 vari, Dubr. ; it is distinguished, among other things, by th*? 

 form of the pygidium of the ^ . It is the first species of the 

 genus discovered in Africa. The specimens are labelled under 

 this name by de Bormans, but I can find no reference to it 

 in any of his notes or letters except a drawing in the 

 ^'alburn." 



The single male is carded, so it is impossible to examine 

 the ventral surface. 



Dormans Park, East Grinateatl. 

 December 1902. 



XXXIY. — A Revision of the Fishes of the Family Lophiidae. 

 By C. Tate Regax, B.A. 



The Lophiidaj, as here understood, are equivalent to the 

 genus Lophius, Linn., as restricted by Ouvier and accepted 

 by Giinther, and may be defined as Pediculates * with large 

 depressed head, wide mouth, three gills, pseudobranchice, 

 pectorals each supported by a pair of basal bones, and veutrals 

 with one spine and five soft rays. In the present paper 

 twelve or thirteen species are recognized as probably distinct, 

 of which eight are represented in the British Museum collec- 

 tion, including three which are described below as new to 

 science. These species are grouped into three genera — 

 Chirolophius, gen. no v., Lophiomus, Gill, and Lophius, Linn,, 

 — the first being characterized by the position of the gill- 



* The definition of the Pediculati given by Messrs. Jordan and Sindo 

 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. xxiv. 1902, p. 361) is applicable to the Lophiidae 

 with the exception of the phrase " Upper pharyngeals 2, siniUar, spatu- 

 late, with anterior stem and transverse blade." Lophim piscatorius has 

 four branchial arches, the fourth without a gill, the first three bearing 

 gills in their lower halves only. The first three epibranchials are united, 

 but the limits of each can be distinguished ; the first is about } as lono- 

 as the second, to the basal part of which it is joined, and its upper pha- 

 ryngeal is wanting ; the second and third separate superiorly, and each 

 bears an upper pharyngeal, as does the fourth epibranchial, which is 

 strong, and at its upper end united to the third. The three upper pha- 

 ryngeals on each side are coalescent ; the last bears hai'dly any teeth, but 

 is as well developed as the two preceding it, which are strongly toolied. 

 The ''anterior stems" are obviously the epibranchials, the first three 

 uniting to form ons " stem," the fourth being the other. 



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