106 Transactions. — Zoology. 



cirri on the lips, especially the upper lip, are much more developed ; the 

 lateral line also is far more difficult to distinguish. 



36b. LBPTOSCOPUS MACROPYGUS, Richardson. 



D. 32; A. 37 j P. 19 ; L. lat. 90 (45) ; L. trans. 13 | 14. 



Length three and three quarter times that of the head, or nearly six times 

 the height of the body ; head rather broader than long ; interorbital space two 

 and a half times the diameter of the eye ; pectorals much shorter than the 

 head ; no humeral spine. 



Upper part of the head, body, and chin olive, spotted Tvith dark grey ; 

 lower surface, ventrals, anal, lower part of pectorals, and middle part of 

 caudal pinkish white ; upper part of tail yellowish, with large dark grey 

 blotches ; lateral line, upper part of pectorals, and upper and lower portions of 

 caudal dark grey ; prseoperculum and below the chin yellowish. 



A single specimen, 11 inches in length, was obtained by Dr. Hector last 

 April in the Grey mouth lagoon. 



36c. LEPTOSCOPUS (?) ANGUSTICEPS, sp. nov. 

 B. 6 ; D. 33 ; A. 40 ; P. 22 ; L. lat. 104 (52). 



Length four and a half times that of the head, or eight times the height of 

 the body ; length of the head one a half times its breadth ; interorbital space 

 less than twice the diameter of the eye ; head not cuirassed, and without 

 ridges, covered with skin ; eyes on the upper angles of the head, hardly 

 vertical ; teeth in villiform bands on both jaws, and a few on the palatine 

 bones ; vomer apparently smooth ; upper and lower lips with cirri ; pectorals 

 four fifths of the length of the head. 



Above pale olivaceous grey, with numerous small dark grey spots, which 

 are closer together on the top of the head ; below white ; a band of silvery 

 from the chin through the opercles and the sides below the lateral line to the 

 caudal. 



Greymouth lagoon, April, 1873. Dr. Hector. 



Several specimens about 13 inches in total length. 



In the form of the head and the position of the eyes this species appi'oaches 

 Trachinus, but in other respects it more nearly resembles Leptoscopus. The 

 lateral line is continuous, and there is no humeral spine. 



83c. RHOMBOSOLEA TAPIRINA, Giinther (?). 



D. 65 ; A. 48 ; Y. 6 ; P. dext. 9 ; sinist. 10. 



Length two and a quarter times that of the head, or rather more than 



two and a half times the height of the body ; eyes on the left side, the lower 



in advance ; mouth narrow, the maxillary not quite reaching to the eye ; 



small teeth in a single band on the blind side only, none on the vomer or 



