54 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



XLVII. VOLTA, Ichthyolithologia Veronensis, 1796. 



Serafino Volta. 



Blochius Volta, 53; type Blochius longirostris Volta (Family 

 Blochiid^, fossil). 



XLVIII. LACEPEDE, sur le Polyodon feuille: Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom., 



1797. 

 Bernard Germain ^tienne de la Ville-sur-Illon Comte de 



Lacepede. 



The name of this author should be written Lacepede. Sherborne, Index Ani- 

 maliutn, says : "A letter dated 1831 is signed 'b. g. e cte. de Lacepede.' This spell- 

 ing and accentuation should be adhered to." 



Polyodon Lacepede, 49 ; type Polyodon folium Lacepede. 

 Monotypic. 



XLIX. CUVIER, Tableau Elcmentaire, 1798. 



Georges Jean Leopold Nicolas Frederic Cuvier. 



Mola Cuvier, 323 ; type Diodon mola L. 



Equivalent to Mola Koelreuter. Prior to Orthagoriscus Bloch & Schneider, 

 1801. Monotypic. 



Murasnophis Cuvier, 329 ; type Mur^na helena L. 

 A synonym of Mur^ena L. 



L. GEOFFROY SAINT HILAIRE, Description d'nn nonveau Genre 

 de Poisson: Bull. Soc. Sci. Philom., Ill, "An X de la Repub- 

 lique," 1798. 



£tienne Geoffroy Saint Hilaire. 



Polypterus St. Hilaire, 97 ; type Polypterus bichir St. Hilaire. 

 Monotypic. 



LI. RETZIUS, Lampris, En ny Fiskslagt Beskriven: Vet. Acad. Nya 



Handl., Stockholm, XX, 1799. 



A. J. Retzius. 



Lampris Retzius, 91 ; type Zeus guttatus Briinnich = Zeus regius 

 Bonnaterre. 



