354 MR C. TATE REGAN ON THE 



Graham Land ; South Georgia ; South Orkneys ; South Shetlands. 



Here described from six specimens, 280 to 340 mm. in total length, taken in July 

 1903 at Station 325, Scotia Bay, 27 fathoms, and Station 326, Jessie Bay, 10 fathoms, 

 South Orkneys ; there are also two quite small specimens from the same locality. 

 LONNBEKG'S types come from South Georgia, and there is a specimen in the British 

 Museum from the South Shetlands. 



(14) Notothenia acuta. (PI. VIII. fig. 3.) 



Giinth., " Challenger" Shore Fish., p. 17(1880); Pappenheim, Deutsche Siidpolar-Exped., xiii., 

 Zool, v. p. 171, pi. ix. fig. 3 (1912). 



Depth of body 6 in the length, length of head 3^. Diameter of eye 3f in the 

 length of head, interorbital width 16. Maxillary extending to below anterior \ of eye ; 

 sides and upper surface of head scaly, except snout and praeorbital ; 12 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal VI (VII), (28-29) 30. Anal (28-30) 31. Pectoral 

 nearly as long as the head, longer than pelvics, which reach the vent. Caudal peduncle 

 somewhat deeper than long. 60 scales in a longitudinal series from above base of 

 pectoral to caudal, 38 in upper lateral line, which ends below posterior part of dorsal, 

 16 to 18 in lower lateral line. Body marbled ; dorsal rays with series of small spots; 

 caudal barred. 



Kerguelen. 



Here described from the type, about 62 mm. in total length, from Kerguelen. 



(15) Notothenia vaillanti, n. sp. 

 Notothenia acuta (non Giinth.), Vaillant, Exped. Antarct. Franpaise, Poiss., p. 31 (1906). 



Depth of body 5| in the length, length of head 3|. Diameter of eye 3 in the length 

 of head, interorbital width 14. Maxillary extending to below anterior of eye ; 

 sides and upper surface of head scaly, except snout and praeorbital; 10 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal VII, 32. Anal 32. Pectoral a little shorter 

 than head, as long as pelvics, which reach the anal. Caudal peduncle a little longer 

 than deep. 55 scales in a longitudinal series from above pectoral fin to caudal, 34 in 

 upper lateral line, which ends below posterior part of dorsal ; lower lateral line without 

 tubular scales. Body with irregular cross-bars, broken up into 3 or 4 series of 

 alternating spots ; dorsal with small spots ; caudal barred. 



Graham Land ; Booth, Wandel, and Wiencke Islands. 



Here described from a specimen of 56 (46 + 10) mm. Measurements of this example 

 are given by VAILLANT (t.c., p. 32), and also those of a much larger fish, 410 mm. in 

 length to base of caudal, with the eye and the interorbital width -,L of the length 

 of the head. 



(ROY. soc. EDIN. TRANS., VOL. xux., 272.) 



