1911.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 437 



CICHLIDiE. 



Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz). 



One from La Pedrita, on the Cano Uracoa, on February 12th. Color 

 when fresh nearly uniform blackish, with bright orange circle a little 

 less than orbit in size, a little above middle of caudal base. 



TETRODONTID^E. 

 Colomesua psittacus (Schneider). 



Three from Tucapeta, on the Rio Manimo, on February 22d. 

 One adidt from Pedernales on January 27th. 



BATRACHOIDID^l. 



Batrachoides surinamensis (Schneider). 



One from Pedernales on January 27th. 



Faunal Works. 



Peters, Wilhelm. 1S77. Ueber die von Herrn Dr. C. .Sachs in Venezuela 



gesammelten Fische. Monatsb. Ak. Wis*. Berlin, July 26, 1877, pp 469- 



473. 

 Ernst, Adolfo. 1877. Estudios sobre la Mora y Fauna de Venezuela 



Caracas, 1877, pp. 281-283. 

 Garces, Modesto. 1890. Un Viaje a Venezuela. Bogota, Roldan and Zamago. 



(Not consulted.) 

 Pellegrin, Jaques. 1899. Note sur les Poissons recueilles par M. F. Geay 



dans l'Apure et ses affluents. Bull. Mas. Hist. Nat., Paris, 1899, pp. 156-159. 

 Regan, C. T. 1903. Description of a new fish of the genus Chaetostomus 



from Venezuela. An. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), XI, 1903, p. 599. 

 1905. Description of a new Loricariid fish of the genus Xenocara 



from Venezuela. Novitates Zool., XII, Jan., 1905, p. 242. 

 Boulenger, G. A. 1903. Description of a new fish of the genus Arges from 



Venezuela. An. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), XI, 1903, pp. 601-2. 



