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24-t. Entomacrodus calurus sp. nov. Plate XX, c^ above, ? below. 



Head 5; depth 6f ; D. XII, 20; A. II. 20; P. 14; V. 2; width of head 14 

 in its length; depth of head 1^; eye 3^; width of mouth 2^ ; pectoral 1|-; ventral 

 2 ; caudal 1 ; interorbital space 3 in e3'e. 



Body elongate, compressed, oblong, greatest depth about middle of belly. 



Head elongate, compressed, oblong, and of more or less equal depth. Upper 

 profile nearly horizontal, and surmounted by a thin rather high fleshy flap or crest. 

 Snout nearly vertical, broad, convex, and slightl}' produced beyond mouth. Eye 

 far forward, nearly impinging on upper anterior profile. Space between its lower 

 margin and corner of mouth a trifle less than vertical diameter. Mouth low, 

 inferior, broad, its corner reaching below posterior rim of orbit. Teeth in a narrow 

 comb-like band in each jaw. Mandible with a strong canine on each ramus. Lips 

 rather thin, but fleshy. Nostrils well separated, and lower with three or four short 

 fleshy filaments. A thin fleshy tentacle above eye equal to three-fourths its diam- 

 eter. Interorbital space narrow, slightly concave. 



Gill-opening rather large, membrane broad, and free across rather broad isth- 

 mus. Rakers short, weak, not numerous, and much shorter than filaments. 

 Pseudobranchife well developed. 



Sj^inous dorsal shorter than soft dorsal, also lower, spines of moi-e or less 

 uniform height, flexible, and well separated from soft fin by a deep notch. Soft 

 dorsal joined to caudal posteriorly by a membrane. Anal preceded b}- two small 

 flexible spines hardly distinguishable from rays, and margin of fin distinctly incised 

 between rays. Last anal ray free from caudal peduncle posteriori}-. Caudal 

 elongate, rounded. Pectoral broad, rays just below middle longest. Ventral 

 inserted below posterior portion of crest on head. 



Color in arrack uniform pale brown. Side with about eight pairs of indistinct 

 dusky vertical cross-bars, and on each several short pale blue dark-edged horizontal 

 bars formed in lateral series. Spinous dorsal gray, blackish on outer jjortion and 

 edge. Soft dorsal gray with about six dusky inclined lines extending across. Anal 

 grav, darker on outer portion and with a blackish edge adjoining a submarginal 

 narrow blue line or band. Caudal with lower portion of fin dusk}', greater part of 

 fin gray above and crossed with about five narrow brown cross-bars, also finely 

 marbled. Pectoral and ventral pale brownish. 



Length 3 inches. 



Type c? No. 27,807, A. N. S. P. Padang. 



Also five others, ? , cotypes. The females have no crests and lack the sub- 

 marginal anal line. 



(KaXos, beautiful ; oipa, tail.) 



PLEURONECTIDiE. 



245. PsETTODES ERUMEi (Schneider). 



246. Paralichthys polyspilus (Bleeker). 



247. P.\RAL1CHTHYS TRiocELLATUS (Schneider). 



