880 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



Aincr. 1SGO, 401), described from a specimen sent from San Francisco, 

 should probably not be included in this work. The species is abundant 

 on the west coast of Mexico, from which region the typical specimen was 

 most likely obtained. 



Page 50. An earlier reference to Nyliobatis is 

 (Dum^ril MSS. ; Geoffr. St. Hilaire, Descr. Poiss. Egypte, 1809, 336.) 



Page 53. To synonymy of " Mania birosiris" add.: 



(Eaio, birostritt Walbaum, Artecli Pise. 1792, 535.) 



On page 77, last line, and page 78, forty-fourth line, for Pristipoma- 

 ij 87, read: SPAEIDJG, 88. 



On page 78, seventh line, for Teuthydidce, read: ACANTIIURID^E, 99. 

 On page 78, thirtieth line, for Trachinidce, read : LATILID^E, 102. 



On page 78, nineteenth line, for Centrarclddce, 84, read: ELASSOMA- 

 , 83 (b}. 



On page 79, seventeenth and twenty-ninth lines, for Triglidcc, 108, 

 read: AGOXIDYE, 108 (). 



On page 80, twenty-first line, for TracMnidce, read: TRICHODONTID^E, 

 102 (b.) 



On page 80, thirty-fourth line, for "B," read "A A." 



On page 81, after YYY, add: 



YYYY. Dorsal fin single, the anterior half spinous, the posterior soft. 



BLKNNIIDJE, 112. 



I 'age 92. The group here called Litliolcpis is to be considered as a 

 section of /,r/m/o.s7r//,s rather than as a distinct genus. The name 

 Ah-artoNti'tiN (Uaf. lelitli. Oh. 1820, 73) should probably be adopted in- 

 Mea<l of IJlliitli-jtis. Tlic name IJtliol<'/>ix <l<titi<tnfiiis was givc-n to a 

 (hawing by Mr. Audnbon. A copy of this drawing was preserved by 

 Ualines<|iie in his licld-note book, which we have examined. It is evi- 

 dently a fancy sketch, like the " Pogostoma? "Aplocenlrux" " Eurysto- 

 ///.v,"and oilier i<'hthy<logical myths, which the humorous artist im- 

 j;osed on the credulous naturalist. Esox viridin L. was undoubtedly 

 intended for Lepidonteu-s ossem. 



