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I. General. 



Claypole publishes a paper on the recent discovery of Pteraspidian Fish in 

 the Upper Silurian rocks of North America, and Kiesow describes Fish remains 

 from the Silurian and Devonian boulders of West Prussia. Cope (^j is of opiuion 

 that Pterichthys shoiild be referred to theTunicata [!]. Clarke describes and figures 

 numerous new and already described Ganoids from the Higher Devonian of 

 Ontario County, New York. Newberry makes a few remarks on new and remar- 

 kable Fish from the Carb oniferous and Devonian of Ohio and Indiana. 

 Traqiiair gives a füll description and figures of Psephodus magnus, Ag., from the 

 Carboniferous limestone of Lanarkshire. Davis describes a new Ganoid from the 

 Lias of Lyme Regis. Thompson describes and figures a Herring from the Lias 

 of Northamptonshire. Bassani (2) describes and figures Fish otoliths from the 

 Oolitic of Verona, v. d. Marck contributes to the fauna of the Chalk of West- 

 phalia with descriptions and figures of many new and known Fish. Laube makes 

 additions to the Fish fauna of the ,Turon of Bohemia. Zigno gives notes on 

 Fish remains from the Mesozoöic of the Venetian alps. Koenen makes re- 

 marks on some Fish otoliths from Copenhagen. Bassani (^) writes on the pro- 

 bable existence of Carcharadon in the »Terebratula diphya« limestone. Cope (^) 

 has published an enormous work of the Tertiary vertebrata of the United States. 

 The Fish consist of descriptions and figures of species already described by this 

 author with the exception of a few which are new. Noetling describes and 

 figures numerous new and known species of Sharks and Rays from the Tertiary 

 of Prussia. Cope (•^) [see Polyodontidae and Gonorhynchidae], from the Eocene 

 Shales of Wyoming Territory. Fontannes describes and figures a Herring, said 

 to be the type of a new familj^, from the Pliocene of Dröme. Woodward has con- 

 tinued his populär Chapters on Fossil Sharks and Rays, 



II. Systematic. 



Subclass Palaeichthyes. 



Order Chondropterygii. 



Suborder Plagiostomata. 



A. S elacho idei. 



Galeocerdo sp., p 99 pl. 9 F 6 — 10, described and figured by Noetling from 

 the Tertiary of Prussia. — Sphenodus impressus, Zitt. p 152 F 17 and 18, and 

 sp., p 153, noted and otolith figured by Bassani (^j pl. 2. — Oxyrhina xiplio- 

 don, Ag., p 50 pl. 3 F 1 — 10, and sp., p 57 pl. 10 F 5, described and figured 

 by Noetling. — Lemma elegans, Ag., p 61 pl. 4 F 1 — 9, and sp., p G9 pl. 10 

 F 4, described and figured by Noetling. — Carcharodon sp. noted and figured 

 from the Terebratula diphya limestoue by Bassani (') p 76; angusiidens, Ag., 

 p 82 pl. 4 F 1 — 3, obliqtius, Ag. p 84 pl. 4 F 4, and sp. indet., p 88 pl. 10 F 1 

 and 2, are described and figured by Noetling. — Otodus, Ag., includes at least 

 3 distinct genera, i. e., Lamna, Oxyrhina, and Carcharodon, and the species 

 should be split up and placed in their proper genera. Thus 0. obliquits, Ag. , is 

 a Carcharodon, etc.; Noetling p 84 Footnote. — Odontaspis hopei, Ag., is des- 

 cribed and figured by Noetling p 71 pl. 5 F 1- — 3, and Notidanns primig enius, 

 Ag., p 17 pl. 1 F 4 and 5. — Psephodus magnus, Ag., is described and figured 

 by Traquair p 392 pl. 16 and p 338 pl. 8. — Strophodus tenuis, Ag., p 146 



