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long snout. The head of this unique fish is covered throughout 

 with a thick spongy glandular skin of a dazzling white reflexion 

 and probably luminous in function. In correlation with this 

 the eyes are very large. Fig. 1 represents Aulastomato- 

 morpha phospherops, one half the natural size. 



(x.) PromyUantor (I. c. p. 310). — A Munenid of the Conger 

 alliance, characterized by the almost inferior position of the 

 mouth, and by the broad bands of villi form teeth in the jaws 

 and palate. 



The complete list is as follows : — 



Fathoms. 



1. Melamphaes mizolepis, Gthr Bay of Bengal. 1310 



2. Bathyseriola cyanea,g. et sp. u. (A.) ,, 90-102 



3. Ponerodon vnsfa tor, g. et sp. n. (A.) „ 920-690 



4. Paroneirodcs yhmerosus, g. et sp. n. 



(A.) „ 1260 



5. Neobythitespterotm, sp. n. (A.) . . { L{M5Cad ive >Sea ^00 



6. BaOiyonus r/lutinosm, sp. n. (A.) . . Bay of Bengal. 1310 



7. Monomitopus niyripinnis, g. et sp. 



n. (A.). (Ophidiida^.) Laccadive Sea. 740 



8. Paradicrolene Vaillanti „ , % 



9. Dermaiorns trichinrus, g. et sp. n. 



(A.) • 



10. Tauredophidium Hextii, g. et sp. n. 



(A.) Bay of Bengal. 1310 



11. Macrurus Hoskynii, sp. n. (A.) . . ,, „ 



12. Wood-Masoni, sp. n. (A.) . . Laccadive Sea. 1000 



13. Hextii, sp. n. (A.) „ „ 



14. Bathygadus longifiUs, Goode and 



Bean ,, ,, 



15. Scojtehis jiyrsobolus, sp. n. (A.) Bay of Bengal. 920-690 



16. Scopelenqys tristis, g. et sp. n. (A.) Laccadive Sea. 1000 



17. Chanliodus Sloanii Bay of Bengal. 922 & 1260 



18. Thanmastomiasatrox, g.etsp.n.(A.) ,, 1310 



19. Bathytroctes squamosus, sp. n. (A.) Laccadive Sea. 740 



20. Narcetts erimelas, g. et sp. n. (A.) ,, „ 



21. Platytroctes opus, Gthr „ „ 



22. Aulastomatomorpha phospherops, 



g. et sp. n. (A.) „ 1000 



23. Halosaurus ajjinis, Gthr „ tt 



24. Hoskynii, sp. n. (A.) „ 



25. PromyUantor purpureus, g. et sp. n. 



( A -; 



(2) The local bathybial or hemibathybial forms taken were: — 



