4 larger teeth. All the teeth are projecting, the 2 foremost in 
the upper and lower jaw have a slight curvature and are, as was the 
case with the above mentioned specimen, fastened respectively at the 
upper side of the upper jaw and the underside of the lower jaw. 
The number of segments is about 163 in all, or about 88 
præanal and 75 postanal segments. 
The greatest height of the body is. 
Distance from the point of the snout to anus. 
Length of the head. 
Distance from the point of the snout to the anterior 
margin of the eye. 
Diameter of the eye.. 
3,1 mm. 
19,2 — 
3,6 — 
1,0 - 
0,7 - 
Dig. 7. 3:2. 
III. The third Leptocephalid (Fig. 7), which has a total length 
of 42,5 mm., probably belongs to the same species as No. II, but 
represents an older stage of development. They were both caught 
at the same place and at the same time. The form of the body 
of specimen No. III is very similar to that of specimen No. II; 
the tail end only is not so pointed. Tho pigment is, as shown in 
fig. 8, a little more developed, but otherwise, quite as in specimen 
