296 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1887. 



Leaving out of consifleration the first paragraph, this is a fair 

 description of Etrimieus teres DeKay. There is no evident spot behind 

 the gill covers in alcoholic specimens and the mouth has teeth. 

 There is a narrow dark bar extending on the sides along the posterior 

 margin of the opercle to its angle. This may be the smutty spot 

 referred to by Mitchill. The teeth are not evident to the naked 

 eye in specimens 3 inches long and may easily have been overlooked 

 by Mitchill. 



The specimen described by DeKay under the name of Alosa 

 sadina is evidently Brevoortia tyrannus and not the species of 

 Mitchill. DeKay fearing that sadina would get confounded with 

 sardina took the liberty to substitute notata for the former. DeKaj 

 thinks the description of Mitchill to be insufficient, but the character 

 "the belly is not at all serrated" separates this species from all 

 other New York clupeoides. 



The species may stand as Etrumeus sadina (Mitchill.) 



