920 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



3. D. XI, 15] A. I If, S; Lat. 1. about 100. West Indies, north to 



Florid;' Keys. 



; i,iit,tt,i Ciiirl. Linn. Syst. Nat. i, 1783, 1315: Good.', I'.till. v, U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 uliiiinix (iima Ijlndi, taf. 'J'J'.': ^trnniux tijititi (iiinthcr, i, 140: llolocentrua 

 jni net n /it* i'lliH-h. taf. 'J41 : Luijatmx litnultttiix liloch A. Selmeidcr. ]-iM. :!.".': S< rrdiiux cutitx, 

 Itinttliil/i", ni-iirn, and jiixnmjii ('. \ V. ii, 3i>'J. :;?'.i. :',77. :'.-:'>: J:')>in< {ilit'lit* litiinlatitx Poc> . 

 S\n. Pise. Ciil.nis. lf(F, -2-7: Xirniiitix HJHI.I Steindacher, Ichtli. Noti/. vi, 43, 1-- 



Page 541. rromicropx should be reunited with Epincphdus. Our 

 species may stand as: 



853. E. Kiiasa (Poey) J. & G. 



It is however probable, as suggested by Dr. Gill, that the l^tine- 

 jihi-his (/itnstt is siai[)ly the vi-ry old form of E. ni<jritns, also known as 

 ' (.iniiKd" or " Warsaw' 1 ' 1 by the Florida fishermen. 



Page .">42. Duh-x auriga should be omitted, as it has probably never 

 been taken on our coast. 



Page ")!.">. Instead of Rhypticus dccoratus read: 



856. R. BBJyraEacBiiBs Gill. 

 And add to the synonymy : 



(Rlii/jit/i-H* Hifiriiihinin (iill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. l>'i>l,"'3: ? I'lomicroptirn* 

 (}<->-<-<itit* <'"|"-, I'm.-. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 111).) 



This species inhabits the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America. 

 and \\e dniibt its occurrence on our Atlantic coast. The specimens ob- 

 tained by Professor Cope at Newport may belong to some different 

 species.* 



Page .~>Ki. Instead of Xailchtliys Gill read: 



281. XENISTIVS Jordan & (Jillx-rt (-... n,v.). 



Ill the typical species of -\"< ///<///// //.s (lill, t lie soft dorsal is much longei 

 than the spinons dorsal, and compos'd of IS rays: the anal is also sim- 

 ilarly clongat.', of 10 to IS rays. In A'.atliJ'ttrnicitxiN. t! :>!'( dorsal is 

 shorter than the spinous dorsal, and composed of 11 o;-lL'rays; the. 

 anal is alSO Short. The latter .species maybe taken as the t\peo!'a 

 distinct g<-niis, which may be called .\uiintins. (;c-'< --. peculiar; 

 sail, for doi v;il tin.) 



* I 'rod- .-ui- ( 'iijii- d.-^c rilic's I In- s|irriini-n I'lum \i-\v|or1 a> I'ullnu 8! " I '. II. '-i! : A. l(i : 

 scalr>> 11 -'.'- !'. i-oiinti-d 1'riiin lia-ii- nf si-cnnd dorsal spine. ]>orsai lins cnuncclcd l>y 

 jiii-inliraiir a- il.-sali-d as Ilial nl'tln- lirst dorsal. I li ad (, Ironi jnrina\illa to end of 

 spine) niiirr ili:ni 1 linn-sin Im^tli, inrliidiii.^ caudal I'm. I'ccinrals not narrowed. 

 L yi' '<.'''' i inn-> i:i li-n^ili of head. ( >l lierwi.sr, as in /'. nia< iiluhix 1 lollir. Color dark 

 liiowii, co\ eied \\itli round pa le spot s as I ar^e as the orl.il . each \vii h a In-own cen- 

 tral split. The;, extend on tin- dorsal and pmxiinal caudal I'mv Second dorsal, anal. 

 and caudal I'm broadly Idackisli-ed-. -d." 



