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Al'l'KNDIX ON KLKlilNUS OF Cl'VIKK AND VALKNriENNE.S. 



ELEGINUS Ciiv A V.il. 



Tho r«'st<)ratit)ii ot the iiaiiu* iUvtjinuH ol I'lsclier iirci'ssilaU'H tin* sup- 

 prrssiuii oftlu' iiaiin' lUti/inns of CiiviiT and Vah'iM"i»'iiiu's, |»io|iii.st'(| in 

 IS.JO as till' ^^eiu'iic iU'si;,'nati()n of a pi'cnliar ^riMiiis of in>t(»t lu'iiioid li>lif.H 

 «liarai't*'risli<r of the MontlnMii Pacitic. For tin* nototlu-uuiitl griius tho 

 t«'inj EU'fi'mnps may l»r used. i'lvijinopH was snj;;;osted for two tislioM 

 oii;;inallv retorri'd to Aphrilis by .It-nyns (.1. umiiilatiis mhI A. poroitua). 

 Tlic pii'sent antlun" appnriatrd the ndation of those tishfs to EUijinuH 

 (C. \'.) about llu" tiin«' lie n-ccivtMl proof of a "Synopsis of thr SoUttlu- 

 tiioids" and appended to that paper an addendnni. viz: 



NoTK. — After th»« proctMliiijj |in|u<r liml Ih'cij (orwanlf«I totbo AcatkMiiy, it wan ills- 

 (-i)ViTi'<l tiiat twi> Hpei'i(*s (.l/iArifi« uiidulatua iiihI .1. poruawi), rcforrt'il liy Joiiyiiit to 

 tli«' ;;iMuiN .IphriliM, not only ari> jji'iiorifully (listiiict, Imt lit'lmij; to a dillVTiMit fiiinily, 

 ami luriu a ;;oiiiim nearly relatetl to Klnjinua, which will bo at an early date (leiKTilK>d 

 aa Hltginopt. Aphrilia i.i apparently most nearly n-laleil to tho goniiM I'rrcophii'. 



On subsequently eiideaivorint; to dia;;nose Ehijinops^ the autlioi l»e- 

 I aine eonvmeeil that there was no t^eiieric ditVerenee between it and 

 KUijinus, and that the tw«) nominal species were probably the youn;;of 

 ilie typical KItijinus. Dr. (liinther, in whom the youn^jauthor hail then 

 much contith'uce, had adopted .lenyns's spe«-ies, but thought that "the 

 two following species api>ear to form another genus," viz: " L*. AphntiH 

 unduhituM^ and ".i. .1. pDrosus"^ He evidently hail no suspicion that 

 they were at all rehited to EUujinuH. 



mIiII, PriH-. Acail. Nat. 8c.. Phi la., l«HU, ^.'Jii. 

 • Gilnther, Cat. Fishes, IV. 'JJ3. I'HJit. 



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