ADDENDA 91. SCLENID.E CYNOSCION. 933 



Some of these have the mouth subinferior, the barbels conspicuous, 

 forming a tuft at the chin ; the dorsal spines 10 and the caudal double- 

 truncate; the gill-rakers short. The diagnosis should be amended 

 accordingly. 



Page 570. Instead of Scicena punctata read: 



896. S. clirysura (Lac.) J. & G. 

 (Dipterodon chrysurus Lac^pede iii, 64, 1802.) 



There are two species called Perca punctata in the Systema Naturae, 

 and the second of these should be suppressed. 



Page 577. Instead of the account ofMenticirrus littoralis substitute: 



9O8. M. lifforalis (Holbr.) Gill. Surf Whiting. 



Grayish silvery, nearly plain, without traces of bars ; pectorals, ven- 

 trals, and anal pale, with a few black dots; caudal tipped witb blackish ; 

 lining of opercle pale. Body rather elongate, the caudal peduncle very 

 slender; snout bluntish, 3 in head, projecting beyond premaxillary for 

 about one-sixth its length ; maxillary reaching about to front of eye ; 

 posterior nostril lanceolate; outer teeth little enlarged, very much 

 .smaller than in M. alburmis. Gill-rakers small, but developed; lower 

 lobe of caudal longest. Scales on breast very small, irregular. Head 

 3% ; depth 4| . D. X-I, 23 ; A. I, 7 ; scales, 6-50-11. South Atlantic 

 and Gulf coast. M. undulatus is closely related to this species. 



M. alburmis is darker in color, usually with traces of dusky bars ; 

 pectorals blackish ; lining of opercle black. Snout sharp, of in head ; 

 snout much projecting (one-third its length). Outer teeth of upper jaw 

 very large; posterior nostril ovate; gill-rakers tubercular, almost obso- 

 lete ; maxillary about reaching middle of eye. Scales on breast large, 

 regularly placed. Head 3; depth 4J. I). X-i, 24; A. I, 7 ; scales 6- 

 54-11. 



Page 578. Menticirrus undulatus has the outer teeth of the upper jaw 

 not greatly enlarged and should have been placed rather under a instead 

 of aa. Umbrina elongata Gthr., from, the Pacific coast of tropical America, 

 is a different species. The latter name should be erased from the synon- 

 ymy of M. undulatus. 



Page 578. The teeth in Larimus are mostly in single series. The 

 genus " Nonosira" Poey (Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., x, 326, 1881), is 

 identical with Larimus. 



Page 570. The genus Atractoscion should be suppressed. Our species 

 may stand as 912, Cynoscion nolile (Ayres) J. & G. 



