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^ vh&t c9bXi<|aet diffuse, vltlunjit etierp iHmu^sriee, sodetimes store or less 
interrupted: a ttetter marked, darker, vertioal band at l)ase of caudal, partly 
on fin and partly on eaudal peduncle: a traaeverse, diffusely dark area at 
anterior margin of operole; a dark band from front of eye runaing obli<|aely 
dowttscwrd and forward, a more diffuse one back of eye running downward and 
backward; tiro narrow eloni^te spots on midllne of napet ^o small diffuse 
spots, one behind the other, back of eye: the two dorsals with dark, oblique, 
band-like areas, alternated with lighter areas; other fins more or less 
dttslqr, anal darkest, becoming nearly black marginally; a small dark spot on 
pectoral near its upper anterior comer, a larger, more diffuse blotoh on 
its fleshy base, below. 
Ileasarewegxt s . — f he type, l6 ®o» in standard length. Caudal about 
27, ventrsa 27, pectoral 26. depth 17, least depth of caudal peduncle l4, 
head 30,5, postorbital part of head 21, head depth directly behind eye I5, 
head width at estme point I9, maxillary 12,5, snout 7»5» ®7® antedorsal 
distance 3^*3* 
Bolotype .— TJ.S.y.M. no. ; Old ProTldonce Island; August 6, 
19381 obtained on the Presidential cruise; W. L, Schmitt collector; about 
20 mm., the caudal sli^tly broken at posterior margin, but apparently repre- 
senting nearly entire length. 
Paratype . — U . S .W . M . no. ; another specimen, 18 mm., obtained 
with the type. 
Both speolaMsis are probably males, Judging by the anal papilla, 
but this structure is not d^Jislvely of the male type, and the sex of the 
two specimens Is somewhat doubtful. 
mstlnotive characters and relatioashirLt— fhis species agrees more 
nearly with Pyonomma eemieoraamatum from the (3ulf of California, Judged by the 
