966 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



Page 856. Instead of Monacanthus broccus read: 

 1322. M. Btnspidus (Linn.) J. & G. 

 ( Batistes hispidua Liuu. Syst. Nat.) 



Page 801. After Tetrodon turgidus add: 

 1322 (l>). T. iicpBacBins Goode & Bean. 



Very close to T. turyidus, of which it is the southern representative. 

 Hark and sides with pale spots, which are often surrounded by dark 

 reticulations 5 dark bars on sides fainter than in T. titrgidus, the axillary 

 bar scarcely darker than the others. Spines of upper parts much larger, 

 farther apart, and more distinctly stellate, than in T. turgidus, ceasing 

 opposite front of dorsal and vent; less than 40 in a series from eye to 

 dorsal. Dorsal rather larger than in T. turgidus. D. 8; A. 6. Georgia 

 to Texas; very abundant. Perhaps a variety of T. turgidus, but thus 

 far readily distinguishable. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat Mas. 1882,412.) 



Page 8G3. Instead of Diodon novemmaculatus read : 



13.16. E>. latm'OSQlS Shaw. 



(Shaw, General Zoology, v, pt. 2, 436, 1804; after Lac6pfede.) 



Page 8G4. After Chilomycterus geometricus add : 

 1337 (c). C. rotaewlatws (L.) Gthr. 



liody and fins mostly covered with small round black spots; a large 

 black blotch before and around dorsal ; another on each side. above gill- 

 opening and pectoral. Spines short, compressed, the anterior root flat, 

 much longer than the other roots except anteriorly; supraocular cirrus 

 well developed. Head ij- ; depth '2$. I). 12; A. 12. West Indies, 

 north to Florida Reefs. 



i-rlirnlntiiH L. S\st. Xal. ; (iiintln-r, viii,313.) 



I 'age 8C5. After Moln rotunda add : 



487. RANS5ANIA Xardo. 



i \.-inlo, Ann. Sri. lir^ii. I, milliard. Vrnrf. 105, x, 1840: type Tetrodon irititcaiiis Retz.) 



Ilody olilong, the depth about half the height; skin smooth, tes- 

 sellated. di\ idcd into small hexagonal sculella: otli-r\\ JKO essentially 

 ax in Mold. (Dedicated tn A. <'amillo lian/ani.) 



155SO. 1C. trcniK-ata (Krt/.in>) Xa 



Snout straight, the mouth being on the level of the eye; caudal 



