80 Dr. J. Hector on ncio Species of 



height, the head being two thirds of the hcie:ht. Length of 

 snout K^ss tlian the diameter of the orbit, which is lialf the 

 length of the head. Interorbital s])acc equal to the snout, this 

 being the greatest thickness of the body. The eyes arc very 

 high up ; and on each orbit is a doubly serrated ridge that 

 ends in a spine that projects forwards and covers the nostril ; 

 the inner brancli of the ridge is continued backwards, bound- 

 ing a deep interorbital depression, the outer is continued round 

 the margin of the orbit. The lower jaw slightly projects. 

 The upper jaw is formed of the intermaxiUaries, the maxil- 

 laries depending vertically over the angle of tlic mouth and 

 ending in a spinous process. The inferior edge of the lower 

 jaw is serrate. Infraorbital space scaled, the opercles naked, 

 with all the lower free edges serrate. A strong ridge with 

 eighteen rough scales extends from the isthmus to the ventrals. 

 The groove for the rece])tion of the dorsal is bounded by 

 twenty-six oblique spinous scales, and that for the anal by 

 twenty similar scales, each having four minute spines, the first 

 being the longest. The first dorsal spine is short, the second 

 long, being half the length of the head ; ventral spine the same 

 length, the anal spine one third. The second dorsal spine is 

 compressed, with a sharp anterior edge. Soft dorsal does not 

 begin with a s])ine. The length of the caudal part of the 

 body is equal to the orbital diameter, and has tliree short pointed 

 spines above and below the base of the caudal, which is 

 rounded. Scales very narrow and rough. 



Colour silvery, with a black crescent behind the pectoral, 

 which is very small and rounded. There is also a black line 

 along the base of the dorsal and anal, and a patch on the base 

 of the caudal. 



Teeth very minute. 



The depressed interorbital space, shorter form, and different 

 number of fin-spines are the chief characters on which this 

 fish is separated from the only other species of the genus, 

 P. cnlfrafusj of which only two s])ccimens are recorded, from 

 Noriblk Island. 



Dredged by H. M.S. -'Challenger' Expedition in 400 fathoms 

 off Cape Farewell. 



Scorpcena harathri, sp. n. 



B. 7. P. 18. V. 1 I 5. D. 11—1 I 10. A. 3 I 5. Muci- 

 ferous pores 22. L. scales 65. L. transv. 7 | 20. 



Lengtli equal to thrice and one fourth the height and twice 

 and two thirds the length of head. Teeth on the palatines, 

 vomer, and jaws in fine villiform bands. General form com- 



