[78 Vertebrata. 



Family Movmyridae. 

 Mormyrus (Isistius] henryi Gill is describee! by Saiivage ( 2 ) p 207 pi. 6 fig. 1 



anchietae n. Angola; Pereira-Guimaraes (') p 9 pi. 1 fig. 3. 



Family Sternoptychidae. 



Gill ( 1a ) in his notes on this family expresses his opinion that it should be limited 

 to Sternoptyx and Argyropdecus, and proposes the name luiomi for a group, in- 

 cluding the families Chanliodontidae and Sternoptychidae, characte- 

 rized by the mode of articulation of the scapular arches. A synonymy of the latter 

 family is given. The skeleton of S. diaphanus is figured, pi. 2 fig. 7. 



Family Stomiatidae. 



Neostoma n. batyphillum n. (Vaill., ined.) is noted by Filhol p 184 fig. 1. 

 Eustomias n. obscurus n. (Vaill., ined.) is noted; id. p 185 fig. 3, and p 484 fig. 2. 



Family Salmonidae. 



Day ( r ) has published a detailed account of a series of experiments carried out 

 at the Howictown breeding-ponds in Scotland , where various crosses between 

 different forms of Charr, or Charr with Trout, have been produced by artificial 

 means. Statistics are given of mortality, monstrosities, rate of growth, etc. 



Fatio has published some notes on the species of Coregonus found in Switzer- 

 land. Klimzinger ) makes critical remarks on Ntisslin's paper (cf. Zool. Record 

 Vol. 19 Pisces p 28), and gives notes on the following species. - ( J ) Gangfische 

 und Blaufelchen : C. wartmanni p 116, and exiguus Klz. [=macrojphthalmusTSVi8sl. 

 = wartmanni Riipp. (part), Siebold, Gthr. == Salmo maraenula Ilartm. (nee Bl.)] 

 p 117. ( 2 ) Sandfelchen und Kilchen (Kropffelchen) : C. lavaretusLi. ---/era Jur. 

 p 126, and.hiemalis Jur. p 127. Niisslin writes on the existence of species among 

 the North Alpine C. C. albula L. is redescribed by Sniulman pt. 2 p IS pi. 6 - 

 nelsoniin. Alaska; Bean ( 4 ) p 48. 



Salmo levenensis Q , and fontinalis Q? : hybrid, named zebra, described p 585 pi. 56; 

 fontinalis Q, and alpinus (J* : hybrid described p 586 pi. 57. Notes on large 

 specimens offario and levenensis from. Otago and Loch Leven, with special refe- 

 rence to the mandibular hook of the male; p 588-593 3 woodcuts ; Day ( 1 ) 

 alpinus L., described by Slindman pt. 2 p 15 pi. 5. 



Sakdinus stagnalis Fabr. (= Salmo alipes Gthr.) is distinguished from naresi Gthr., 

 and redescribed with a table of measurements ; Dresel p 255. 



Family Clupeidae. 



Matthews, in his report on the sprat fishing on the coast of Scotland during the 

 winter of 1883-84, describes and figures Clupea sprattus and harengus. Ewart 

 (', '*, 4 ) makes contributions to the natural history of the Herring; and Chapman 

 writes on the habits of Shad and Herring as observed in the Potomac Paver. 



Opisthonema oglimim Le S. (= thrissa auct., nee Clupea thrissa L.) is noted by 



Jordan ( !l ) p 12. 



Stolephorus curystole nom. n. (= perfasciatus J. &G.). Wood's Holl, Mass.; Swain 



& Meek (-) p 35. 



Dussumieria stolifera n. Key West, Florida: Jordan & Gilbert ( 2 ) p 25. 



