. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 30 DISCOVERY REPORTS visible scales on head, but numerous small pores. No occipital pit. Two strong prae- orbital spines, and 3 or 4 on suborbital ridge. Supraorbital tentacle about h diameter of eye; other membranous processes at anterior nostril, on praeorbital, and on edge of praeoperculum; a few small processes on upper surface of eyeball. Palatine band of teeth very narrow, its length about f diameter of eye. 10 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ciliated; 3 series between l
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 30 DISCOVERY REPORTS visible scales on head, but numerous small pores. No occipital pit. Two strong prae- orbital spines, and 3 or 4 on suborbital ridge. Supraorbital tentacle about h diameter of eye; other membranous processes at anterior nostril, on praeorbital, and on edge of praeoperculum; a few small processes on upper surface of eyeball. Palatine band of teeth very narrow, its length about f diameter of eye. 10 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ciliated; 3 series between last soft-ray of dorsal and lateral line; breast naked; no membranous processes on body. Dorsal XII 9; third and fourth spines longest, about twice in length of head. Anal III 5; third spine a little longer than second. Pectoral with 18 rays, extending to beyond origin of anal; base rather narrow, the lowermost ray inserted a little above level of root of pelvic spine and about opposite uppermost. Pale yellowish brown, with indistinct, narrow, oblique, greyish stripes. Fig. II. Scorpaena canariensis. x i. following the series of scales above the lateral line; fins all yellowish; a small dark spot on the membrane between the bases of the sixth and seventh dorsal spines, another between the seventh and eighth, and another between the third and fourth soft-rays. Hab. Canary Islands; off the coast of Angola. This species does not appear to have been recognized since originally described by Sauvage, and I have some doubt whether the examples from Angola are really referable to it. Dr W. H. Longley has sent me some notes on the type of S. canariensis (185 mm.) in the Paris Museum, but, although there appear to be some minor differences between this and the specimens described above, I do not think it advisable to give the latter a new name without actual comparison. Scorpaena laevis, Troschel. 1866, Arch. Nati/rgesch., xxxii (i), p. 206. ? Scorpaena senegalensis. Fowler, 1919, Proc. U
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