106 " THETIS " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



all along the coast within the area worked and common at the 

 greatest depths tested. The original description being rather 

 short, a more detailed account is now furnished and a figure 

 supplied. 



B. vii. D. ix. U. A. 14. P. 11. 3. V. i. 5. L. lat. 60. 

 L. tr. 3/16. 



Length of head 3-26, height of body 4-28 in total length 

 (caudal excluded). Diameter of eye 2-87, length of snout 2*3 in 

 the length of the head, interorbital space, which is slightly 

 concave, three-fourths the diameter of the eye. The whole profile of 

 the head is markedly convex, that of the nasal region approaching 

 the perpendicular. Two spines at the antero-superio angle of 

 the orbit, a long protuberance at the posterior angle. Preorbital 

 greatly produced, bearing two or three very strong spines and a 

 number of smaller ones. Angle of preoperculum jagged, without 

 distinct spines. Opercle with two obtuse spines. Clavicular 

 spine very strong, finely toothed on its basal half, supra-scapula 

 spine moderately strong. The maxilla reaches the anterior third 

 of the eye. The first two dorsal spines are weakly serrated in 

 front, the third is the longest, 1-6 in the length of the head. 

 The anal commences and terminates evenly with the soft dorsal, 

 to which it is therefore equal in extent. The pectoral, which is 

 longer than the head by one-seventh, reaches the sixth anal ray. 

 The ventral equals the head in length and extends to the fourth ray. 

 Caudal emarginate. The armoured area surrounding the dorsal 

 fin is composed of twenty-two scales, all are strongly spined; a con- 

 striction takes place in front of the rayed portion, the following 

 paired spines being separated by only half the distance between 

 those of the anterior spinous portion. 



Scales smooth, the spines of the lateral line are weak and 

 consist of a median series only. 



Colours. — Brilliant red throughout when alive, dirty brown in 

 spirits ; pectoral black within. 



Total length 197 mm. 



LEPIDOTRIGLA MODESTA, sp. nov. 



(Plate xxiii.) 



Stations 17, 46 ; also see note above. 



This new species appears to be associated with L. mulhalli, but 

 may be less common. It would seem to be more plentiful to the 

 northward, and I did not definitely recognise it south of Botany 



