310 F.XPHDITIOX OF TIIK ' ALIiATKOSS.' ISiHI 1!K)0. 



ing an even curve with the margin of the soft doi'sal fi'oni the tip of the second 

 spine, is slightly falcate; a condition due to the second spine exceeding the third 

 in length, it being about .2 longer: the second spine of the anal is similar to the 

 2nd spine of the dorsal and has 9 or 10 denticles about the middle of its anterior 

 edge; dorsal IX, 23 instead of IX, 22: anal III, 20, instead of III, 21. 



Teuthis guttatus (Blo(h & Si iinkjdku). 



Acaulhurus gullaliis Bloch A S( hneidek, .Syst. I<-lilli., ISOI, p. I2l."i. 



Hepalus guttatus .JoiiDAX & Evermanx, Bull. U. S. Fi.sh. Coiiiin., l'.i(l."i, 23, pi. 1, p. :i!l'_', lisj;. 170. 

 JouDAX & Seat.e, Bull. T'. S. Bur. Fisli., lOOli, 25, ii. lira. 



No. AltJO, 9 inches, and AUil, M. ('. Z. 21)755, S| inches long from Tari- 

 tari, Gilbert Islands, Nos. A47, 7 inches long, and A48, M. C. Z. 29756, 7^ inches 

 long, from Fakarava, Paumotu Islands. 



Teuthis mata (('uviek & \'alen'(ienxf.s). 



Acanlhurus mala Cv\ . & Val., Ilisl. Xat. Poiss., l,s:i."i, 10, p. its r.'Ol'i. D.w. Fishrs <il' liuli;i, 

 1876, p. 20.5, pi. 4S, fig. 1. 



No. A24, M. C. Z. 29736, 111 inches long from Rangiroa, Paumotu Islands. 



This specimen has the head 4 in length: depth 2.18; eye 4.44 in head; 

 snout 1.87; preorbital 2.30; pectoral 1.74 in dcjith: dorsal IX, 25: anal III, 

 23; 9 teeth on each side in upper jaw. 



No. A38, a specimen 12? inches long from Fakarava, Paumotu Islands. 



This .specimen has the head 3.81 in length: dejjth 2.25: eye 4.2 in head: 

 .snout 1.97; preorbital 2.42; pectoral 1.7;^ in dcjith: dorsal IX, 25: ana! Ill, 

 235 ; 10 teeth on each side in upper jaw. 



Tail when spread has the inner ])ortion truncate and the outei' rays pro- 

 duced, somewhat lunate when not si)read; length of the head al)out ('(|ual to 

 its depth in a line through the middle of the eye. 



Color dark brown, with numerous narrow, wavy, longitudinal, l)luisli sli-ipes, 

 these alike on li(>ad anil body; they meet on tiie front jjrolilc nf the head: breast 

 with coarser stripes; pectoral brown, grading into a i)ale bluish tciniin;il margin, 

 into which the bi-own of the ra>-s continue: caudal, anal, and doi'sal d;nk l)rown, 

 dorsal and anal with a darker margin: \-entrals brown. 



