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a distinct genus. In very young specimens of 0. occidentalis the upper 

 jaw is protractile as usual in Carangidcc. 



Page 448. Instead of Pomatomus saltator read: 

 7O8. P. saDtatrix (L.) Gill. 

 "Sctltatrir," as used by Linnaeus, was an old proper name. 



Page 451. Instead of Stromateus alepidotus read : 

 71O. S. paru L. 



Iii the description (p. 451) read pectoral much longer than head, and 

 add to the synonymy : 



(Stromatciis paru L. S.yst. Nat. ed. ii, 248; based on a figure and description in 

 Sloanc's "Jamaica"): Seserinus xanthurus Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. 384: 

 Ithombus xanthurus C. & V. ix, 405; not Stromateus paru Bloch.) 



Page 452. The genus " Mupus" Cocco (Su alcuni nuovi Pesci del Mar 

 di Messina, in Giorn. Scienz. Lett. Arti per la Sicilia, xxvi, Xo. 77) is, 

 according to Dr. Giglioli (in lit.), probably identical with Lints; Miqiux 

 imperialis Cocco being thought to be the same as Lirus ovalis. As there 

 is some uncertainty, it is probably best, however, not to adopt the name 

 Mupus. 



Page 454. Instead of Coryphcena punctulata read: 

 715. C. equisctis L. Small Dolphin. 



Bluish above, paler below, and yellowish; sides immaculate, or 

 sprinkled with small, irregular blue spots; larger spots along base of 

 dorsal; dorsal dark blue, usually marked with wavy lines or rows of 

 spots; anal without spots. Profile of snout not becoming vertical with 

 age; ventrals moderate, inserted somewhat behind the pectorals. D. 

 51 to 5G ; A. 24 to 26. Length 2 foot. Pelagic; not rare on *mr South 

 Atlantic and Gulf coast. 



(L. Syst. X:it.; fiiinthcr, ii, 407; Liitkrn, Rpolia Atlantica, 1880, 483: Lampurins 

 punctnlaltiH ('. ct V. ix, 327, Coryphccna jnun litlntn (liinther, ii, 408: Coryphcena inunacu- 

 lala 1'tn-y, MI-JII. Cuba, ii, '245; Lowe, Fishes Madi'ira, G7.) 



I.")."). Instead of Corypliccna suenri read: 

 716. C. llipixoriis L. Great Dolphin. 



Colors brilliant in lil'o, changing suddenly at doaili ; brownisli-olivo, 

 above, \\ hito or golden below, with bright blue spots, Ihe largest on tho, 

 back ami head, forming bands on the snout; dorsal purplish-blue, with 

 palorobliqne lines; other fins tinged with blue; caudal yellow; inspirits, 

 pale, with blackish spots on the lower parts. Maxillary reaching middle 

 of eye; profile of snout becoming nearly vertical with age; front of anal 



