The large nummer of our spec imens taken on this 

 Chironectes species (10) all agree in having the 

 horns or anchor processes very long in comparison 

 with the anterior portion of the "bo dy, and in hav- 

 ing no trace of a third or unpaired horn. 



The length of these anchor processes (a) with 

 that of the narrow er portion of the "bo dy, the so- 

 called "neclc" (Id), and the more swollen portion(c) 

 with the tail (d),we give in the talole t>elow for 

 three spec imens, 2. 3. and 4,taken from the same flsh, 

 and of four other spec imens, 5, 6, 7, ands taken on 

 another fish,with an eighth specimen (1) on a 3rd. 

 fiSÉt. To these lengths given ir millimeters we 

 have added the diameter of the so-called head(e),. 

 whose length and hreadth is toleraoly regular. 

 (ta,hle) 

 All three spec imens on one Chironeetes,2,.3 

 and 4 have fully developed egg-strings atoout three 

 times as long as the ato domen, wh ile they were either 

 broken off or had not yet tieen developed in 1. 



Of the four sexually ripe Pennellas on another 

 Chironectes (5,6,7,& 8) two were in the same con- 

 dition as l,while the other two had egg-strings, 

 "but only a half (g) to as long as (5) the tail. 



