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7. Stigmatophora Olivacea. — Cast. 



Snout at least twice as long as the remaining part of the 

 head ; operculum without a longitudinal ridge ; vent below 

 the middle of the dorsal fin ; egg-pouch extending over 

 thirteen rings ; body rings, nineteen. Entirely of an olive 

 colour. 



8. Aploactisoma. — Cast. 



This new genus is nearly allied to Richardson's Aploactis, 

 but differs from it by the presence of teeth on the palatine 

 bones, and the composition of the fins. 



Aplo. Schomburgki. — Cast. 



1st D., 5 ; 2nd D., 8/15. Dark brown, marbled with black ; 

 a spot of the last colour at the end of the dorsal. 



9. Patcecus Waterhousii. — Cast. 



The pectoral fin rather longer than the head, only extending 

 to the anus ; dorsal with thirty spines, the first sensibly 

 longer than the others, and with its membrane deeply 

 emarginated ; caudal with the fifth, sixth, and seventh 

 rays considerably prolongated ; anal with ten rays, the pos- 

 terior ones being prolongated and pointed ; mouth surrounded 

 by several series of bifid papillae. Brown, marbled with 

 white. 



10. Apistes Marmoratus. — Cuv. and Yal. 



11. Glyptauchen Panduratus. — Richard. 



12. Christiceps Splendens. — Cast. 



Upper profile very convex ; first dorsal high, of three rays ; 

 the second of twenty-eight spines and six rays ; the anal has 

 two spines and twenty-three rays. Carmine colour, with 

 the head and fins orange. 



13. Chironectes Filamentosus. — Cast. 



Comes near Marmoratus. On the head, a long, thin, tenta- 

 culated spine, having on each side a slender, filiform, bifid 

 tentacle ; on the back, there is another long spine, ending, 

 like the other, in a tuberculous knob, and bearing tentacles. 

 D., 13 ; A., 8. Light brown, with black blotches ; lower 

 parts of the body covered with long fleshy appendices. 



