CAMPBELL, 1879 399 



1268. CA]\IPBELL (1879). On a New Fish (Discus aureus). Trans. Proc. New 



Zeal. Instit., XI, 297-298. 

 W. D. Campbell. 



Discus Campbell, 298 ; orthotype D. aureus Campbell. 



1269. CASTELNAU (1879). On a New Ganoid Fish from Queensland. Proc. 



Linn. Soc. New S. Wales, 1878, III, 164-165. 

 Francis L. Castelnau. 

 Ompax Castelnau, 165 ; orthotype O. spatuloides Castelnau. This species is based 

 on a drawing, probably a rough representation of Epiceratodus Teller. 

 Macleay doubts the actual existence of the genus or species. 



1270. CASTELNAU (1879). On Several New Australian Fresh-water Fishes. 



Proc. Linn. Soc, III. 

 Fr^vncis L. Castelnau. 

 Aristeus Castelnau, 141 ; orthotype A. fitzroyensis Castelnau. Preoccupied in 

 Crustacea ; replaced by Rhombatractus Gill. A synonym of Melanot^nia 

 Gill. 



1271. COLLETT (1879). On a Nezv Fish of the Genus Lycodes from the Pacific. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 

 Robert Collett. 



Lycodopsis Collett, 386; orthotype Lycodes pactficus Collett (issued August 1, 

 1879). Same as Leurynnis Lockington (March 25, 1880). 



1272. COPE (1879). A Sting Ray (Xiphotrygon acutidens) from the Green River 



Shales of Wyoming. Amer. Natural., 1879, XIII, ZoZ. 

 Edward Drinker Cope. 

 Xiphotrygon Cope, 333; orthotype X. acutidens Cope (fossil). 



1273. DAVIS (1879). Notes on Pletirodus . . . and . . . Three Spines of Ces- 

 tracionfs from the Lotver Coal Measures. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, XXXV. 



James William Davis. 



Phricacanthus Davis, 186; orthotype P. biserialis Davis (fossil). Probably a 

 synonym of Oracanthus Ag. 



1274. DAVIS (1879). On Ostracacanthus ... a Fossil Fish from the Coal Meas- 

 ures Southeast of Halifax, Yorkshire. Reprint Brit. Assn. Adv. Sci., 1879. 



James William Davis. 



Ostracacanthus Davis, 343 ; orthotype O. dilatatus Davis. 



1275. GILL (1879). (Rhombatractus.) Amer. Naturl., 1879. 



Theodore Gill. 



Rhombatractus Gill, 709; orthotype Aristeus fitzroyensis Castelnau. Substitute 

 for Aristeus Castelnau, preoccupied. A synonym of Melanot.^nia Gill, 1862. 



1276. GOODE & BEAN (1879). A Preliminary Catalogue of the Fishes of the 

 St. Johns River and the East Coast of Florida . . . Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., II. 

 George Brown Goode; Tarleton Hoffman Bean. 

 Jordanella Goode & Bean, 117: orthotype J. florid^ Goode & Bean. 



