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Substitute name. 



Oonidua . ... 

 Ictiopogon . . 



Pterops 



Lophidins .. 

 Branderius . 



Anopsus 



Gymnopsis . 

 Plato])teru.s . 

 Podoleptus . 

 Mogaderus . 



Original name. 



Lea Ovoides Lac. 



Bostrychu.s Lac. 

 Bostrychoides Lac. 

 Lophius L. 

 Ca'oilia Lac. 

 Mura'Doblwina Lac. 

 Gymnomura;na Lac. 

 Raia L. 



LeptopusRaf. (preoccupied in insects) . 

 -Echidna Forster. 



Of these names only the following seem to deserve any notice : 

 Okcynus Rafinesque 1815, is prior to Oreymis Cavier 1817. If Ea- 

 finesque's names are to be considered, the genus of Tunnies must re- 

 <',eive a new name, as Thynnus Cuvier is also preoccupied. The name 

 '• On/cnus (Gill)" Cooper, originally a mere misprint for Orcynus, should 

 apparently not be considered. 



Dr. Cooper says (Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., 18G3. 77): "These [Tunnies], 

 however, are evidently of a different genus [from Orcynus alalonga], ami 

 as Tliynnus is preoccupied in insects, the name Orycnus, applied by Gill 

 to the same type, may perhaps be retained, although fonmUd on a mis- 



Alectis Rafinesque is prior to GalUchthys and Blepharis and may be 

 used for the genus or subgenus of Carangida% to which these names 

 have been applied. 



Amiatus Rafinesque. If the generic names of Gronow, 1703, post- 

 Liumen but non-binomial are to be adopted, the name Aniia Gronow 

 must take the place of Apogon Lacepede. The generic name Amia Liu- 

 n»us (176G) is of later date. If Amia Gronow be regarded as eligible, 

 then Amiatus must take the place of Amia Linnaeus. The generic names 

 of Gronow seem to form a case parallel with some early genera of Birds, 

 now generally admitted by American ornithologists. There are some 

 serious objections to admitting the genera of any non-binomial authors, 

 and confusion would certainly be avoided in ichthyology by ruling them 

 all out. 



Orbidfs Rafinesque must supersede Spluvroides "Pillot" for the 

 genus of Tetrodonts common on our coast. Its typical species should 

 stand as Orbidus spengleri. Lacepede gave to this genus only the French 

 name "Xes Spheroides,^'' and the Latin form Spluvroides was not applied 

 until 1831. (See Jordan & Edwards, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 232.) 



I am indebted to Mr. Samuel Garman, of the Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology, for the privilege of examining a copy of this rare work. 



Indiana University, September 28, 1887. 

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