4 
preopercular conical, directed backward, the other 2 flat, tiag 
with black, 
X hich extend upon the membrane of soft dorsal a per 
> ~” the first dorsal. Series of confluent bronze spots form 
aa streaks a bands on sides of head ; one extends from 
154 | The American Naturalist. [Febeuary, 
rays hyaline. Adipose eyelid transparent in life, preorbital regions 5 
translucent ; the adipose tissue becoming opaque in apin: . 
SEBASTODES GILLII, sp. nov. : 
Types: Two specimens, 555 and 580 mm. long, taken off Point 
Loma, November 19th, 1890. Collection of = British Masenm, 
Related to S. cos, chlorostictus, and rhodoch 
Head, 3 (3% to lip of caudal) ; depth, 3 ie ; ~” XIIL, ie he | 
HI., 734. Lateral line (pores), 44-45 k 
Lower jaw projecting and entering the. profile without eymplgih 
ob. Profile nearly straight to origin of dorsal fin, not steep, Snout 
very broad, blunt. Maxillary reaching posterior edge of pupil, 2 in 
the head. Mouth very oblique, the premaxillary on a level with 
superior edge of the pupil. Orbit 1 in snout, 414-434, in head, a little 
greater than interorbital. Interorbital concave.» 
Pre-, supra-, and postocular, occipital, and nuchal spines san 
the first four very short and broad, the supraocular spiné about 234 
the interorbital. Occipital spines very high and stout; the n 
spines almost continuous with the occipital. 5 
Opercular and preopercular spines long and strong, the 3 
B 
downward and backward. - Preorbital with a sharp, 
anterior spine, and terminating posteriorly in a similar but larger 7 
xillary with a few scales superiorly on its median third. S 
either naked or with a few scattered patches of scales. Mandible: 7 
Spinous dorsal low, the highest spine 23-2 ee in heat 
deeply notched, the highest ray about equal to highest spine. 
- Caudal truncate. Second anal stouter and about as long 4 ™® 
Buccal and opercular cavities and peritoneum white, e 
