248 MR C. TATE REGAN ON THE 



Platea insignis. 

 Steind., I.e., pi. xx. tig. 12. 

 Depth of body \A^ in the length, length of head 7f. Dorsal with about 100 rays, 

 anal with about 90. Body with dark spots and bars. 

 Chile, Cape Espiritu Santo. 

 Total length 265 mm. 



10. Maynea, Cunningham, 1870. 



Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvii. p. 471. 



Gymnelichtliys, Fischer, Jahrh. Hamburg Wiss. Anst., ii., 1885, p. 60. 



Elongate, compressed. Mouth terminal ; teeth conical, uniserial, in jaws and on 

 vomer and palatines. Gill-opening cleft downwards to middle of base of pectoral. 

 Dorsal origin just behind head. No pelvic fins. 



(1) Maynea patagonica. 



Cunningham, I.e., p. 472 ; Giinth., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1881, p. 881, pi. ii. figs. C and D. 



Depth of body 10 or 11 in the length, length of head 6f to 7^. Diameter of eye 

 5 to 6 in length of head ; interorbital region quite narrow. Maxillary extending to 

 below anterior ^ or middle of eye. About 120 rays in dorsal fin, 95 in anal, 8 in 

 caudal. Origin of dorsal above base of pectoral, of anal If to 1^ head-lengths behind 

 head. Pectoral less than ^ as long as head. Yellowish, with broad brown cross- 

 bars separated by narrower interspaces. 



Patagonia ; Falkland Islands. 



Here described from two specimens, the type from the Otter Islands, 150 mm. 

 in total length, and an example of 90 mm. from the Magellan Straits. 



(2) Maynea antarctica. 



QymnelicMhys antardicus, Fischer, Jahrb. Hamburg Wiss. Anst., ii., 1885, p. 61, pi. ii. fig. 9. 



Maxillary extending to. below posterior maigin of eye. About 97 rays in the 

 dorsal, 74 in the anal; origin of latter only 1^ head-lengths behind the head. No 

 cross-bars. 



South Georgia. 



Total length 220 mm. 



11. Melanostigma, Giinth., 1881. 

 Froc. Zool. Soc, p. 21. 



Compressed, elongate ; skin loose, smooth, naked. iMouth terminal, oblique ; teeth 

 uniserial, in jaws and on vomer and palatines. Gill-opening small, above base of 

 pectoral. Dorsal origin just behind head ; no pelvic fins. 



In addition to the species described below, this genus includes a few from deep 

 waters of the North Atlantic and Pacific. 



