ADDENDA 127. OSTRACIIDyE OSTRACIUM. 9G5 



Pago 817. After CitharicJithys sorclidtts add: 

 1257 (6). C. stag-msBtas J. & G. 



Olivaceous, the scales darker edged; fins dusky; all the vertical tins 

 with a small round inky spot near the middle of each seventh to tenth 

 ray. Body rather deep, strongly compressed; caudal peduncle short 

 and deep ; mouth moderate, the maxillary 2^ in head, reaching past 

 front of pupil; teeth very slender, rather long, unisenal, about f on 

 each side. Eyes large, separated by a sharp, scaleless ridge ; gill-rakers 

 moderate. Fins moderate ; caudal about as long as head ; pectoral 1 1 in 

 head. Head 3f ; depth 2|. D. 87; A. 68; Lat. 1.54 (pores). Santa* 

 Barbara, California. 



(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus. 1882.) 



Page 841. After Monolene sessilicauda add : 



463 (6). B JEOSTOJTIA Bean. 

 (Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882,413: type Baiostoma brachialis Bean.) 



This genus is distinguished from Achirus by the presence of a pecto- 

 ral fin on the eyed side. From the European genus MonocMr it differs 

 in having the right ventral connate with the anal, (paws, small; rr,a, 

 mouth.) 



129 (/') B. brachiale Bean. 



Grayish, with 5 or 6 faint dark vertical lines, and with a few scattered 

 white spots, the largest nearly as large as eye; blind side whitish. 

 Pectoral of right side present, of several rays, |- length of head; right 

 ventral of 5 rays, continuous with anal. Scales of nape, chin, and breast, 

 much enlarged and spiuulose. luterorbital width half eye. Caudal as 

 long as head. Head more than 3 ; depth nearly half of total length. 

 D. 47 ; A. 35. South Florida. (Bean.) 



(Byan,Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 413.) 



Page 845. The type of Pteroplirynoides is Lophius histrio Linn., not 

 Chironectes bougainvillii as stated in the text. 



Page 853. After Ostracium triyonum add : 

 1316 (&) O. ta-iquetraim L. 



Dusky, closely covered with round dark spots. Body three-angled, 

 the angles rather sharp. No spines anywhere. Carapace closed be- 

 hind dorsal. Snout somewhat concave in profile. Supraocular ridges 

 prominent, the space between them concave. Head 4; depth 2i. I). 

 10; A. 10; Lat. 1. 9. West Indies, north to Pensacola. 



(Ostracion tnqucttr L. Syst. Nat.; Giintber, viii, 256.) 



