EXPLANATION OF PLATES 
PLATE XXIV. 
Argentina elongata Hutton. 
Slightly reduced. 
PLATE XDOV. 
Chlorophthalmus nigripinnis Giinther 
About four-fifths natural size. 
PLATE XXXVI. 
Centriscops humerosus Richardson, var. obliquus Waite. 
Photograph of a specimen in the Dominion Museum. 
PLATE XXVII. 
Fig. 1. Syngnathus norae Waite. 
Female, two-thirds natural size. 
Fig. 2. Syngnathus blainvillianus Eydoux and Gervais. 
Male, two-thirds natural size. 
Fig. 3. Myctophum humboldti Risso. 
Natural size. 
Puate XXVIII. 
Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson. 
Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female. 
Both five-sixths natural size. 
PLATE XXIX. 
Fig. 1. Coelorhynchus australis Richardsor 
About two-fifths natural size. 
Fig. 2. Coelorhynchus aspercephalus Wait. 
About two-thirds natural size. 
PLATE XXX. 
Fig. 1. Macruronus novae-zelandiae Hector. 
Two-thirds natural size. 
Fig. 2, Merluccius gayi Guichenot. 
More than one-fourth natural size. 
PLATE XXXTI. 
Fig. 1. Physiculus bachus Forste:. 
About half natural size. 
Fig. 2. Auchenoceros punctatus Hutton. 
Five-sixths natural size. 
PLATE XXXII. 
Cyttus novae-zealandiae Arthur, 
Five-sevenths natural size. 
