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Gill, Theodore. Holothurian names. 

 Science (n. s.). xxvi. No. 658, 

 Aug. n, 1907, pp. 18.5, 186. 

 .Apropos of The Holothurians of 

 the Ilawiiiian Islands, by Walter K. 

 Fisher, it is shown that the tirst in- 

 clusion of holothurians, so called, 

 in the genus Holothuria was pub- 

 lished in the twelfth edition of the 

 Systema Naturae. In the tenth edi- 

 tion only the Portuguese man-of- 

 war and three species of Ascidians 

 were included. The name Holothuria 

 should be conlined to the first and 

 replace Phiji<nlia, while for the typ- 

 ical holothurians should be revived 

 the name Bolm<lscliia of .lilger and 

 Bohadschiidac should be used as the 

 family name. 



Diemyctylus or Notophtbalmus 



as names of a salamander. 



Science (n. s.). xxvi, No. 06O, 

 Aug. 23, 1907. p. 2oC. 

 In his Herpetology of Japan and 

 adjacent territory Dr. L. Stejneger 

 adopted the name Dieinyctiihis and 

 was unable to give the etymoloiry. 

 It is demonstrated that ?:otopli- 

 thuhiius should be used instead of 

 Diemyctylus and the etymologies of 

 the two names are given. 



Stone-gathering fishes. 



Am. Xaturalist, XLi, No. 487, 

 July, 1907, pp. 468, 469. 

 An article on " Chubs' nests," by 

 A. W. G. Wilson, is referred to 

 and the evidence as to the species 

 (Semotilus corporalis or S. utro- 

 maculatus) claimed to make the 

 nests compared. 



The Coracinns of Josephns. 



Palestine Exph Fund. Quart. 

 Statement, Oct., 1907, p. 317. 

 The Coracinus is identified with 

 a Tilapia. 



Systematic Zoology : Its prog- 



GiLL, Theodore — Continued. 



propagation, (7) embryology and 

 growth, and (8) uses and injuries. 

 An appendix gives results of exam- 

 ination of 50 specimens with refer- 

 ence to numbers of rays. It is 

 shown that there is variation in 

 the number of ventral rays (3 or 4) 

 and that the Pegedictis ictalops 

 (Rafinesque) was not a Coitus, but 

 Etheoctoma flabeUare. 



Herre, Albert Christian. ( See under 



David Starr Jordan.) 

 Jordan, David Starr, and Dickerson, 

 ^L\RY Cynthia. Notes on a coller* 

 tion of fishes from the Gulf of Mex- 

 ico, at Vera Cruz and Tampico. 



Proc. U. S. yat. Mus., xxxiv. 

 No. 1592, .Vpr. 6, 1908, pp. 

 11-22, figs. 1, 2. 

 Bdinliilhi rrruc-crucis is described 

 as new. 



Description of a new 



species of halfbeak, Hemiramphus 

 mioprorus, from Nagasaki, Japan. 



Proc. r. S. Xnt. Mus.. xxxiv. 

 No. 1602, Apr. 25, 1908, pp. 

 111-112, one fig. 



and IIerre, Albert Christian. 



ress and i»urpose. 



Science (n. s.), xxvi. No. 668, 

 Oct. 18, 1907, pp. 489-505. 



The Millers-thumb and its 



habits. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., lii, 

 Quar. issue, Pt. 1. No. 1801. 

 June 18, 1908, pp. 101-116, 

 figs. 26-39. 

 An account of the Cottus gobio 

 and related species is given with 

 relation to (1) its systematic posi- 

 tion, (2) the characteristics of the 

 subfamily Cottinae and genus Cottus. 

 the popular names, (3) specific and 

 sexual distinctions, (4-5) habits in 

 general, (6) sexual relations and 



A review of the Cirrhitoid fishes of 



Japan. 



Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii. 

 No. 1562, Oct. 2.3, 1907, pp. 

 157-167, figs. 1, 2. 

 One new genus, Isobuna, is de- 

 scribed. 

 and Richardson, Robert Earl. 



On a collection of fishes from Ech- 



igo, Japan. 



Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii. 



No. 1570, Dec. 12, 1907, pp. 



263-266, figs. 1-3. 



Three new species, Lefua echi- 



gonia, Pallasina eryngia, and Chloi'a 



nakaniurae are described. 



Description of a new 



species of killifish, Liicania browni, 

 from a hot spring in Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii. 



No. 1572, Dec. 24, 1907. pp. 



319-321, 1 fig. 



A review of the flat- 



heads, gurnards, and other mail- 

 cheeked fishes of the waters of 



Japan. 



Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii. 

 No. 1581, Feb. 28, 1908, pp. 

 629-670, figs. 1-9. 



