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Agonus chiloensis, Jen., Port Famine ; 10 to 15 fathoms. 



Aj^hntis gobio, Gthr. (PI. IX.). 



Dr Cunningham has already had the opportunity of examining fresh examples (Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, vol. xxvii. p. 469), and supplemented my original description (Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 1861, vol. vii. p. 88), which was drawn up from dry skins. In the large, beauti- 

 fuUy-preserved specimens collected by him and the naturalists of the Challenger, there is 

 especially noticeable the great height of the dorsal fins, which exceeds that of the body. 

 A short stout tentacle, which is often fringed, occupies the supero-posterior angle of the 

 orbit, and other smaller tentacles are arranged in a series along the lower part of the side 

 of the trunk and tail. Dr Cunningham states the colours, when fresh, to be — above, 

 dusky brown ; sides paler, blotched with brown and orange-yeUow ; under surface of 

 head, breast, and belly orange-yellow. Length of specimens, 6 to 18^ inches. Porto 

 Bueno Station 307 ; 147 fathoms. Tom Bay, Messier Channel. Port Famine, Station 

 312; 10 to 15 fathoms. 



Meginus madovinus, C. V. Gray Harbour, Messier Channel. Port Stanley. 



Notothenia longipes, Steindachner (Wien. S. B., 1876, vol. Ixxii. p. 70, fig. 7). 



The foUomng specimens agree well with the description and figure given by Stein- 

 dachner, but I count from 67 to 70 scales along the lateral line : — Length of specimens 3 

 to 7 inches. Station 306, Messier Channel; 345 fathoms. Station 312, Port Famine; 

 10 to 15 fathoms. Station 313, ofi" Cape Virgins; 55 fathoms. 



Notothenia elegans, n. sp. (PI. XL fig. C). 



D. 6/33, A. 31, L. lat. 53. The length of the head is one-fourth of the total (without 

 caudal), the height of the body one-seventh. The entire head is scaleless. Snout 

 shorter than the eye, which is two-sevenths of the length of the head ; interorbital space 

 very narrow. Ventrals rather longer than the pectorals, and as long as the head, without 

 snout, extending to the second anal ray. There are only two series of scales between the 

 lateral line and the dorsal fin. Light brownish, with large transverse dark spots ; the 

 second dorsal with four series of small blackish spots; the first dorsal Avith the top 

 salmon coloured ; the other fins without distinct ornamentation. Length of specimen, 

 3f inches. Ofi" Cape Virgins ; 55 fathoms. 



Lnjcodes macrops, n. sp. (PI. XL fig. B). 



The length of the head is a little more than that of the trunk and a httle less than 

 one-fifth of the total. Eyes large, two-sevenths of the length of the head, and longer than 

 the snout which is l:)road, \di\\ the upper jaw overlapping the lower. Teeth in bands of 



