44 



S. TAX AK A 





0.25 cm. 



0.35 cm. 





0.3 



0.3 „ 





14 » 



1-5 » 





34 » 



3-6 





I-15-20-20 



I-17-20-23 





23-6-23 



32-2-24 





16 



17 





5 



5 



Number of scales in lateral series 



72 



75 



Number of scales in transverse series 



'3 





8. Malthopsis annulifera, n. sp. (Ogcoccphalid.x). 



Head about 2, its width at posterior margin if, height of body 

 5^ in total length measured from tip of supraoral spine to root of 

 middle caudal rays ; eye 4^, interorbital 5^, snout measured from tip 

 of supraoral spine to eye 8 -J in head. D. 4. A. 4. P. 8 or 9. V. I, 5. 



C. 9. 



Head triangular, its base very slightly longer than sides ; vent 

 midway between tip of snout and base of caudal ; upper surface of 

 head gently elevated, the under surface being flat ; tail parts behind 

 vent slightly broader than high, convex above, flat beneath. Eye 

 large, impinging on upper profile ; interorbital slightly convex ; 

 supraoral spine on tip of snout, stout and rather short. Mouth cleft 

 extending to anterior edge of pupil ; width between maxillaries equal 

 to diameter of orbit ; a groove above mouth containing a small rostral 

 tentacle, the cavity being a little deeper than wide. Distance from 

 tip of upper jaw to anterior rim of eye equal to about one-half diameter 

 of orbit. Width of trunk at axil 4^ in total length without caudal ; 

 its height 5 in the same length. Dorsal as well as anal without 

 membrane behind last ray ; dorsal originating at the end of the second 



