. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. 344 DISCOVERY REPORTS Hob. Atlantic; Japan. It is only after some hesitation that I have identified the specimen described above w^ith Bellotti's species, as both his figure and that of Jordan and Thompson show a very narrow space between the eye and the maxillary, although in the description given by the American authors the cheek is said to be "deep and triangular, about four-fifths of the diameter of the eye in depth ". Further, the mouth seems to be somewhat larger in the examples from Japan, and the diameter of the e
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. 344 DISCOVERY REPORTS Hob. Atlantic; Japan. It is only after some hesitation that I have identified the specimen described above w^ith Bellotti's species, as both his figure and that of Jordan and Thompson show a very narrow space between the eye and the maxillary, although in the description given by the American authors the cheek is said to be "deep and triangular, about four-fifths of the diameter of the eye in depth ". Further, the mouth seems to be somewhat larger in the examples from Japan, and the diameter of the eye is said to be 2-33 to 2-5 in the length of the head. Caristius japonicus, Gill and Smith, of which Platyberyx opalescens, Zugmayer, may be a synonym [cf. Regan, 1912, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), x, p. 637], is closely related to C. macropus, differing chiefly in the narrower cheek, larger eye, pluriserial teeth, and in the more anterior insertion of the pelvic fins. There seems to be little justification for placing C. macropus in a distinct genus, as has been done by ^'S" 37- Carhtius macropus. (x i.) Jordan. There is no doubt that the species described by Bellotti and Gill and Smith are congeneric, and, although the osteology of these fishes has not yet been studied, I feel certain that Regan was right in placing them with the Family MELAMPHAIDAE Genus Melamphaes I have recently published a revision of this genus, based on the material obtained by the 'Discovery', the specimens in the British Museum collection, including those obtained by the 'Challenger', and a series of authenticated examples of certain species kindly lent to me by the Smithsonian Institution of Washington (1929, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 10, iv, p. 153). A few additional specimens have since come to light, and are duly listed below, together with the remainder of the 'Discovery' material. Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843). Norman, ^f. p. 156. II. xi. 25. 6° 55' N, 15° 54' W. 2 m. tow-net
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