22 ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS MADE DURING [Jan. 4, 



shorter than the snout, and two seventlis of the length of the head. 

 Tlie length of the pectoral fin is one half of the distance of its root 

 from the ventral, and that of the ventral one half of the distance of 

 its root from the anal. Caudal fin truncate. Yellowish olive, trunk 

 marbled with blackish. 



One specimen, 3 inches long, from Alert Bay. 



22. Haplochiton zebra, Jen. East Bay ; freshwaters at Tom 

 Bay. 



23. Ophichthys dicellurus, Rich. Coquimbo. 



24. Myxine australis, Jen. 



IV. MOLLUSCA and MOLLUSCOIDA. 



By Edgar A. Smith. 



(Plates III.-V.) 



The collection of Mollusca contains several very interesting 

 species, notably a new Cephalopod {Bossiapatagonica), an unde- 

 scribed Lamellaria, a very beautiful Trochus, and a new genus of 

 Conchifera, besides several other species either new to science or to 

 the fauna of Patagonia. 



To avoid repetition of the localities in extenso a numbered list of 

 the various Stations is here appended. 



List of Stations. 



i. Trinidad Channel, 30 fathoms ; bottom sandy. 



2. Port Rosario, 2-30 fathoms ; bottom, sand and rock. 



3. Tom Bay, 1-30 fathoms ; bottom, rock, kelp, and mud. 



4. Van Island, Trinidad Channel ; on rocks in shallow water. 



5. Portland Bay, St. Andrews Sound, 10 fathoms ; bottom, hard 

 sand. 



6. Elizabeth Island, 6 fathoms ; bottom, sand. 



7. Sandy Point, 9-10 fathoms; bottom, sand. 



8. Peckett's Harbour. 



Nos. 1 to 5 are situated on the west of Southern Patagonia, in the 

 neighbourhood of the island Madre de Dios, and nos. 6, 7 and 8 in 

 the eastern part of the Straits of Magellan. Other localities men- 

 tioned are situated in South Patagonia. 



I. Cephalopoda. 

 3/7 /?/'7^ RossiA PATAGONicA, sp. n. (Plate III. figs. 3, 3a.) 



'^^' Animal, viewed dorsally, of a purplish slate-colour. This is com- 

 posed of a vast aggregation of minute irregularly shaped dots set 

 upon a pale buff ground, which is more apparent upon the fins, as 

 there the dotting is less dense. Lower or ventral surface of a 

 reddish-purple color and the dotting more defined than above. 

 The underside of the head light buflF, with only a few large subcir- 



