NOT KS 



The reasons tor most of the miinerous cluiiiKt's in noiiu'iiclatiiro apparent in the jjievious cata- 

 logue will be obvious U) those who are sullieiently atM(uaiiite(l witli the literature of ichthyology. 

 There are, however, a number of new generic names, which may be indicated in the following notes, 

 with the reasons in brief for giving them. The numbers prefixed refer to those in the preceding 

 catalogue. 



Note 1 (4(>— 49). — The scopeloid tishes have been examined recently by Drs. Goode and Bean, 

 who have had large collections to base their researches upon. Dr. Goode has kindly given me the 

 results of his investigations, and the species enumerated in the catalogue have been named on his 

 authority. Lampadena is a new genus, established by Drs. Goode aud Bean, and will be published 

 in their forthcoming work on deep-sea fishes. 



XoTE 2 (51,. 12). — The leptocephaloid fishes enumerated are the mature forms. Larval forms, 

 however, appear in Prof. Hutton's list under the following names and numbers: 



225. Leptocepualus longirosteis (Kaup) Haast, Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. vii, 238, 1875. 



220. Leptocephalus alti's {Rich.) Hutton, Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. viii, 215, 187G. 



One (225) may be the larva of the cont/er and the other (22G) of the Conf/ermura'na, but the 

 identification is extremely doubtful, and can oidy be eft'ected when more data are at hand. 



Note 3 (7!)).— The Platyxtethus huttoiiii of Ciiinther does not belong to the genus so named by 

 that naturalist, but is distinguished by the many-rayed first dorsal (13 spines) ; it may therefore 

 be called EviSTirs (< sv, augmentative + i'ffrloy, sail). The "PJatystethus euUratum" can not 

 retain that name, as Phiti/steihuD had been used long previously by Mannerheim (1830) aud Eriehson 

 (1840) for a genus of beetles; it may be called Bathystethits (fiaOy?, deep) cfi.TRATTlS. 



Note 4 (88). — The generic name Prometheus having been used by Ilubuer for a group of 

 lepidopterous insects iu 1822-'26, the genus called by the same name in 1839 by Lowe uiust 

 receive another, and, to make the change as little as possible, may be called PromethichthyK 

 ( < Ttpopitjdif;, wary + ix^v?, fish). 



Xote 5 (94-98). — Most of the Zeidw of New Zealand are destitute of the shields which in<' 

 characteristic of Zeus. 



Cyttus has a form resembling that u^i Zeus, and is represented by the two species C. ausiralis 

 and C nova'-zelandiw. 



Rhotnboeyttus is nearly related to Cyttus, but is distinguished by its augulated high rhoinbi- 

 form body and elongated filiform dorsal spines as well as ventral rays. The only species is R. 

 tntrersi 



Cnpromimus has the aspect of the genus Capros and has an oblong subrhombiform body, 7 

 pungent dorsal .spines, dorsal aud aiuil increa.siug backwards, and ventrals with G rays besides the 

 s])ine. The only species is C. abbreviatus = Platystethus abbreviatus Hector. Possibly the genus 

 may prove not to be a caproid when anatomically examined. 



Note G (llO). — Sparosoinus auratus is more diflerent from PagrusiXvAn that gi-oup (represented 

 by its tyiie) is from Sjyarus or Pagellun, and is differentiated by the obsolescence of the inner lateral 

 crests. 



Note 7 (102). — The Stichariunirubrum f>r Clinus rubrus of Hntton is distinguished from other 

 fishes by the combinatiou of a form like that of Clinus with a dorsal having many spines (about 40) 

 and only about 1 ray. It is therefore named Eiicentrus rubrus {<^epi, augment-.xtive + nti'Tpnt', 

 spine); rubrus is accepted from Prof. Ilutton, as it is an alternative (although rare) for ruber. 



