Explanation of Plates and Figures. 
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256. Malacosteus niger Ayres 593 
Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 32169, U.S.N.M., collected 
by Capt. Charles Anderson and crew, of the schooner Alice 
G. Wonson, on the northeastern edge of Georges Bank, in 
125 fathoms. 
257. Alepisaurus ferox Lowe 595 
Drawing by H. L. Todd from No. 20593, U.S.N.M., ob- 
tained in the New York market by E. G. Blackford. 
PLATE XCVI. 
258. Alepisaurus aesculapius (Bean) 595 
Drawing by H. L. Todd from the type, No. 27705, U.S.N.M., 
colleeted by Kobert King at Unalaska, Alaska. 
259. Arctozenus coruscaus (Jordan & Gilbert) 601 
Drawing by A. H. Baldwin from the type. No. 27171, U.S.N.M., 
collected by Mr. Brown, at Port Townsend, Washington. 
260. Paralepis coregonoides Ris.so 602 
Drawing by H. L. Todd from a specimen in the Academy of 
Natural Sciences of Montreal. 
PLATE XCVII. 
261. 261a. Argyropelecus olfersi (Cuvier) 604 
Drawings by H. L. Todd from No. 33393, U. S. N. M., 
collected by the Albatross in N. lat. 41° 40' 30", W. 
long. 65° 35', in 855 fathoms. 
PLATE XCVIII. 
262. Aldrovandia macrochir (Gunther) 609 
Drawing by H. L. Todd from a specimen collected Ijy the 
Blake at Station liii, off Havana, in 242 fathoms. 
263. Aldrovandia gracilis Goode and Bean 610 
Drawing by S. F. Denton, from a specimen collected by the 
Blake Sit Station Lxx, off Gnadaloupe, in 769 fathoms. 
264. Notacanthus analis Gill 615 
Drawing by H. L. Todd from the type, No. 37856, U.S.N.M., 
collected by the Albatross at Station 2677, in N. lat. 32° 39', 
W. long. 76° 50' 30", in 478 fathoms. 
265. Notacanthus phasganorus Goode 616 
Drawing by H. L. Todd from the type. No. 25972, U.S.N.M., 
collected by Cajit. Briggs Gili>atrick, of the schooner Gath- 
erer, from the stomach of a ground shark, on the Grand Bank. 
PLATE XCIX. 
266. Lipogenys gillii Goode and Beau 619 
Drawing by H. L. Todd from the type, No. 39212, U.S.N.M.. 
collected hy the Albatross at Station 2742, in N. lat. 37° 46' 
30", W. long. 73° 56' 30", in 865 fathoms. 
