760 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [NoV., 



third of orbit. In number about 30 on lower part of first arch. Shoul- 

 der girdle inside gill-opening nearly smooth and with obsolete pro- 

 cesses. Later Dr. Meek kindly examined the other examples, which 

 are at present in the Field Columbian Museum, and informs me that 

 the gill-rakers are long, and numerous, longest reaching from tip of 

 snout to middle of pupil, 2^ to 2f in head. 



SARDIN.E. 



Auxis bisus (Rafinesque). 



Scomber bisus Rafinesque," Carat. Alcun. Nuov. Gen. Spec. Animal. Piant. 



Sicilia, 1810, p. 45, PI. 2, fig;. 1. Palermo. 

 Aitxis bisus Bonaparte, Cat. Met. Pesc. Europ., Napoli, 184G, p. 74. 



Head (measured from tip of upper jaw'^) 4; depth about 4|; D. 

 XI-iv, 7, 8 ; A. IV, 9, 7 ; P. i, 20 ; V. i, 5 ; width of head 1| in its length ; 

 depth of head at posterior margin of preopercle 1|; snout 4^; orbit 5^; 

 interorbital space 4; base of rayed dorsal, without finlets, 3^%; base 

 of anal, without finlets, 5; mandible 2f ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 3 in snout. This example agrees with Goode's figure, except that the 

 origin of the spinous dorsal would fall nearer the tip of the depressed 

 pectoral than its base. Length 19 inches. Italy. Bonaparte Coll. 

 ( V"). Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



On comparison with a single example from Newport (Rhode Island) 

 collected by Samuel Powel, and agreeing with Goode's figure, ^^ this 

 difference is still carried out. However, the Newport example is only 

 about 12^ inches long, and thus it may be accounted for by age. 

 Goode's figure does not show the keel above the base of the pectoral 

 fin and parallel w'ith the upper margin of the same fin. It is more 

 distinct and extends further posteriorly in my Italian example. 



I retain Rafinesque's name provisionally until more material is 

 compared, as it is possible that the East Indian form^'* may be different. 



PELAMYS Walbaum. 



Ivlein, in Walbaum, Pet. Arted. Gen. Pise., Ill, 1792, p. 584. (Type here 



affixed is Scornber pelamis Linnteus.) 

 Gijvmosarda Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 125 (unicolor). 



Pelamys alleterata (Rafinesque). 



Scomber alleteratus Rafinesque, Carat. Alcun. Nuov. Gen. Spec. Animal. 



Piant. Sicilia, 1810, p. 40. Palermo. 

 Scomber aletteratus Rafinesque, I. c, PI. 2, fig. 3. 



" I do not know whether this name is later than Scomber rochet Risso, or not. 

 Rafinesque's preface is dated April 1, 1810 



1' Also measured in same manner for the other comparisons. 



^^ Fishery Indust. U.S. (Nat. Hist. Aquat. Animal, I), 1884, PL 92, upper 

 figure. 



^* Scomber thazard Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IT, 1800, p. 599. L. c, III, 



1800, p. 9. Vers le septieme degr^ de latitude australe, aupres des rivages de la 

 NouvelU'-Guinee. 



