mants overlapping with the examination of a large series. 
We have, however, also included 6 examples from Tierra 
del Fuego. These have the ventral origin micwey, between 
snout tip, or nearer same, than caudal base. ‘hey also 
show the back with slightly darker round spots of rather 
large or moderatévsize fairly close-set or sometimes mar- 
bled. They measure 48 to 50 m, 
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alaxies maculatus (Jenyns). g 
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Head 4% to 4; depth 6% to 7; D. ty. Bek. 44, or 
13; snout 3 2/3 to 3% in head; eye 34 to 3%; maxillary 2% 
to 5; interorbital 3. Body moderately slender, compressed. 
Head width 2 to 21/8 in its length. Snout convex, length 
ls its width. Eye large, hind edge about midway in head. 
Maxillary not quite to pupil. Mandible slightly included 
within upper jaw. Teeth uniseriel, small, even; short row 
on each palatin and front of vomer. Interorbital broadly 
convex. Gill-rakers 2 #7, lanceolate, little shorter 
than filaments and latter about half of eye. Branchiosteg- 
als 7. Dorsal inserted about midway between caudal bes 
and ventral origin, fin about half way to caudal. Anal 
origin slightly behind dorsal origin, fin 3/5 to caudel 
base. Ventral inserted much nearer caudal base than snout 
tip. In alcohol; faded brownish generally, with traces of 
