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as eight or ten together — where tlie crust of the sand has been broken. 

 Sometimes only one female is found, with just her head visible. 



'"Why they come out at night, which is iisually from 10 to 1 

 o'clock, and the run usually lasts three hours or longer, is one 

 question. 



"I have beeu observing them for thirty years and tlie time of 

 their coming is so regular that during that time I have rarely missed 

 them. ' ' 



A detailed study of these interesting Iiabits, or a confirmation of 

 them, is highly desirable. 



Icosteus aenigmaticus Lockington 



A specimen in the Hcripps Institution, from the Cortez Banks, off 

 San Diego, was collected in June, 1913, at a depth of 80 to 90 fathoms. 

 This species has heretofore not been recorded south of Monterey Bay. 



Lepidopus xantusi Goode and Bean 



Two more specimens of tliis species have been taken in southern 

 California. One, from off La Jolla, has 79 dorsal spines ; the other, 

 from Avalon, has 80. 



Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Steindachner) 



This bass is common along the Southern California coast north- 

 ward to Redondo. 



Sebastodes goodei Eigenmann and Eigenmann 

 A specimen in the Scripps Institution has the anal rays III, 9. 



Sebastodes aurora (Gilbert) 



A small specimen in the Scripps Institution was dredged in 150 to 

 185 meters, off La Jolla. Dorsal, XIII, 13 ; anal. III, 6 ; pores, 29 ; 

 eye, 3.1; maxillary, 2.1; 19 gill-rakers on the lower limb of the outer 

 arch, the anterior ones small, the longest gill-raker 2.2 in eye. 



