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maxillary extending to the vertical from the anterior edge of 

 eye ; head naked ; nape covered with small scales. Dorsal VI, 

 1 8 ; second ray of spinous dorsal produced into a filament. 

 Anal I 8. Caudal rounded. Pectoral -2- the length of head ; 

 ventrals extending less than | the distance from their base to the 

 anal. 36 to 38 scales in a longitudinal series. Brownish olive ; 

 fins dusky ; caudal with small dark spots ; vertical fins with a 

 narrow pale edge. 



Two specimens, 70 and 75 mm. in total length, and some 

 smaller ones not included in the description, from Chong-ju. 



11. Tridentiger coreanus, sp. n. (Plate III. fig. 2.) 



Depth of body 5 in the length, length of head 3|-. Snout 

 longer than eye, the diameter of which is 5 in the length of head 

 and equal to the interorbital width. Head nearly twice as long 

 as broad ; cheeks not tumid. Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior part of eye. Dorsal VI, 111; rays 

 of spinous dorsal produced into filaments. Anal I 9. Pectoral -| 

 the length of head. 42 scales in a longitudinal series. Brownish ; 

 a more or less distinct dark lateral stripe, edges of scales darker ; 

 fins dusky, the pectoral with a blackish spot margined posteriorly 

 by a pale crescent on the upper part of its base, the anal with a 

 dark intramarginal stripe. 



A specimen of 70 mm. and several much smaller ones not 

 included in this description, from Chong-ju. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Plate II. 



Fig. 1. AcantJiorJiodeus gracilis. 



2. Leucoc/obio strigatus. 



3. Sihcrus hedfordi. 



Plate III. 



Fig. 1. Ctenogohius hedfordi. 



2. Tridentiger coreanus. 



3. Acanthogohio longirostris. 



4. Liobagrus andersoni. 



February 18, 1908'. 

 Dr. Henry Woodward, F.B.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January 1908 : — 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of January was 173. Of these 125 were 

 acquired by presentation and 23 by purchase, 9 were received on 

 deposit, 6 by ^change, and 10 were bred in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 234. 



