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II. Fauna, 

 a. Europe. 



Benecke describes a hybrid between Alburnus lucidus Heck, and Scardinius (Leu- 

 ciscus] erythrophthalmus L. under the new name Scardinopsis alburniformis un- 

 aware that it has already been described and named by A. J. Jackel. Clarke gives a 

 list with short notes of the Marine fishes found on the Yorkshire Coast. COCCO has 

 compiled an Ichthyological index to the Sea of Messina with a partial synonymy 

 of each species. Cocks describes an autumn visit paid to Spitzbergen and records 

 the Marine fishes observed. Collett (*) has published a second supplement to his 

 Norges Fiske containing notes on 1 88 species, 2 of which, Lebetus orca Coll. and 

 Ly codes sarsii Coll., are figured. Day ( 4 ) has concluded his work on the Fishes of 

 Great Britain and Ireland. Part 8 contains the Gymnodontes (conclusion), Acipen- 

 seridae, Chimaeridae, Carchariidae, Lainnidae, Notidanidae, Scylliidae, Spinaci- 

 dae, Rhinidae, Torpedinidae, Raiidae. Trygonidae, Myliobatidae, Petromyzonti- 

 dae, Myxinidae and Cirrostomi. The same author ( 2 ) describes and figures Lum- 

 penus lampetriformis as new to the Fauna of Great Britain , and ( 6 ) has written 

 a book on the Commercial Sea Fishes of Great Britain. Doderlein makes remarks 

 on the occurrence of Rhinobatus halavi Rupp. in the Sea of Sicily. Facciola conti- 

 nues his notes on the Fishes of the Strait of Messina : He describes and figures ( l ) 

 Hypsirhynchus hepaticus, a new genus and species of Cod; ( 2 ) Trachypterus 

 cristatus Bonelli ; ( 3 ) gives extensive notes on Krohnius filamentosus Cocco , and 

 ( 4 ) on the young of 4 known species, and ( 5 ) describes 12 new species of Lepto- 

 cephalus. Fatio has published a short paper on the Species of Coregonus found in 

 Switzerland. Gentil has published a paper on the Ichthyology of the Sarthe. 

 Jouan records Carcharias glaucus and Raja pastinaca as new to the Sea fauna of 

 Cherbourg. Kerbert has contributed to the fauna of the Netherlands (Raniceps 

 and Cantharus}. Klunzinger ( 2 ) criticises Nitsslins paper on Coregonus (c. f. Zool. 

 Rec. XIX. Pisces p 28) and limits the number of species found in Bodensee to 4. 

 A list of the Edible British fishes has been published by Madagan with their 

 English, Latin, French, Italian and German Synonyms. Matthews has published 

 a report of the Sprat Fishing on the coast of Scotland. MojsisovJCS in his con- 

 tribution to the fauna of Bellye and Darda gives a list of the (30) Fishes. Niisslin 

 states that there is more than one species among the North Alpine Coregonus. 

 Pavesi has published a paper on 2 celebrated fishes, Alosa vulgaris L. and Salmo 

 carpio L. from the Lakes of North Italy. Storm has concluded his list of the 

 coast-fishes found in Throndhjemfjord. The present contribution contains notes 

 etc., on 103 known species. Sundman has published the first 4 parts of his Fishes 

 of Finland with 12 beautifully executed plates drawn and coloured from life and 

 text by 0. M. Renter. 



b. Asia. 



Murray has contributed to the marine fauna of Kurrachee by the description of 

 a new shark (Lamna guentheri . Sauvage ( 3 ) has added to the fauna of Tonkin a 

 new genus and 7 new species. The same author ( 4 ) describes a new species Betta 

 bellica from Perak near the Island of Malacca, and ( 5 ) various species chiefly be- 

 longing to the families Siluridae and Cyprinidae. Tristram in his survey of Pale- 

 stine describes and figures the Fresh-water Fishes. 



c. Africa. 



Fischer has described some African fishes in the Natural History Museum's 

 Collection. Garman has published a notice and figure of an extraordinary new 

 Shark, from the Seas of Japan, which he has named Chlamydoselachus anguineus, 

 the type of a new family. Cope consideres this fish to belong to the fossil genus 



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