considerable Depths in the North Atlantic. 139 



A second bottle (labelled " H.M.S. ^ Porcupine/ between 

 Shetland and Faroe, 200 faths. 1869," and determined by- 

 Mr. Couch as "Macrourus, sp. n.") contains an example, about 

 10 inches long, of Cory^yhcenoides norvegicus. It agrees very 

 well with Sundevall's excellent description published in 184(3, 

 which I can supplement by giving the number of dorsal rays 

 as about 190, the tail of the specimen being perfect. There 

 are eight or nine series of scales between the first dorsal and 

 lateral line — and not four or five, as stated in the diagnosis of 

 the 'Catal. Fish.' iv. p. 396, in accordance with Gaimard's 

 figure of this species. Another, smaller specimen of the same 

 species was in the third bottle, and stated to be from a depth 

 of 540 fathoms. 



The writing on the label originally placed on the third bottle 

 has entirely faded and is illegible ; but we are informed by a 

 second label in Mr. Couch's handwriting that the bottle con- 

 tains a ^^Kurtus and Macrourus, both new. 1869. 540 fathoms." 

 The latter specimen has been noticed above. The former, of 

 course, is widely different from the Indian genus to which 

 Mr. Couch referred it, and is, in isicX, ArgyrojielecushemigymnuSj 

 a species common in the Mediterranean and neighbouring 

 parts of the Atlantic. 



A small fourth bottle contains only one specimen ; it is 

 labelled, in Mr. Couch's handwriting, ^''Ophldium — eel-like, 

 deep sea— 1869. H.M.S. Porcupine.' 180 faths." This spe- 

 cimen is the young of Anguilla Kieneri^ a species hitherto 

 known from the Mediten'anean only. 



The fifth bottle (labelled " H.M.S. ' Porcupine.' Between 

 Shetland and Faroe. 180 faths. 1869 ") contains four speci- 

 mens, named by Mr. Couch 



Macrouriis linearis^ C, 

 Blennius fasciatuSj C, 

 Gohius Jeffreysii, 

 Callionymus sagitta^ C, 

 and which I have determined as 



Motella macro'phthalma^ Gthr., 

 Blenniops Ascanii, Walbaum, 

 Gohius Jeffrey siiy Gthr., 

 Liparis vulgaris, Flem. 

 It was evidently by a slip of the pen that Mr. Couch applied 

 the name '"'' Macrourus linearis " again to a very different fish, 

 viz. Motella macrophthahnay a species which, together with 

 Gohius Jeffreysii, was described and figured by me in this 

 Journal, 1867, xx. p. 290. 



