30 



runs along the upper side of the body to the origin of 

 the dorsal fin. A series of very minute spots runs 

 along the bases of the dorsal, caudal and anal fins. 

 Similar ones are found too in most of the myocom- 

 mata beneath the lateral hue, forming for the naked 

 eye unbroken dark lines, differing in length, but ap- 

 .proximately, alike in fineness. 



In the collection there are two examples of this 

 species, which in many respects coincide with the 

 previous one. These two were obtained by Captaiu 

 FoesstrOm in the vicinity of the island of Fernando 

 Noronha, off the coast of Brazil (3° S. Lat. 30° W.. 

 Long.). That was in Dec. 1892. Their dimensions 

 are as follows: 



a) b) 



mm. mm. 



Length of body 88 70 



Greatest height of body 6 5 



Distance from extremity of snout to vent 41 36 



Length of head (hardly) 4 3 



Distance from extremity of snout to eye's 



anterior margin 1 ; 5 1 5 5 



Eye's diameter (hardly) 1 1 



20. L. javanicus n. sp. 



PI. in. i 1—3. 

 The body is strongly compressed, moderately 

 elongate and low; its greatest height, contained about 

 eleven times in its length is situated rather behind 

 the middle. It gradually diminishes in height from 

 that point towards both head and tail in approxi- 

 mately equal degrees. 



