no 40 Globocephalus Seammoni' Cope, ♀ June 26/10 Akau. This specimen, an adult male, was taken by my the ship "Taihei Maru No.2" Capt. Sammeisen summer, on June 26th. It was measured by me the same evening & photographed & described the following morning. I had been expecting this for a specimen of this species for Capt. Olsen of the "Rebber Maru" had told me that he saw several schools the day before & had fired at one. I compared Seammoni's figure with this specimen before it was placed and noted the corrections on the plate. In his figure the superior outline of the body is almost a straight line, & this is far from being the case in my specimen. The eye in his figure is not correctly placed - it is off directly above the corner of the mouth. In my specimen the eye is above & considerably behind the mouth corner. In Seammoni's figure the throat is much too full; there is also a rather apron dip in the outline of the body at the head which is not shown in his figure. The base of the dorsal in Seammoni's figure is much too short. The pectoral fins are also