952 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
base of the fin a little procurrent, its lengtli 3 in head. Head 2f; 
depth 2f. D. XI, I, 9; A. Ill, 5; P. 20 j Lat. 1. 32 (31 tubes). South 
Carolina to Florida. 
(Goode & Bean, Froc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 421.) 
103S (c). S. calcarata Goode & Bean. 
Color essentially as in S. stearnsi; axil of pectoral whitish, with 
dusky specks, a black spot at its upper edge; ventrals mostly black. 
Body moderately robust ; lower jaw slightly projecting, with a small 
symphyseal knob; maxillary reaching past puiiil, its length half head. 
Suborbital without pit, the bony stay moderate, armed with 2 small 
spines. Nasal siunes small. Interorbital space narrow, with 2 longi- 
tudinal ridges, its width f length of eye. Cranial ridges rather low, 
with sharp spines, arranged as in S. stearnsi. Occipital cavity almost 
obsolete, represented by a slight depression. Preopercular spines 5, 
the lowermost stout, directed dowmcard and fonvard, the uppermost 
rather long, more than half eye. Opercular and scapular spines mod- 
erate. Eye large, nearly 3 in head. Supraocular tlaps minute; a few 
other small liai)S on head. Cheeks with rather large imbricated scales; 
opercle, with some scales anteriorly and on its flap; breast scaly; scales 
of body large, not ctenoid, with few dermal flaps or none. Pores of 
lateral line very conspicuous. Gill-rakers short and small. Dorsal 
spines rather slender, the longest 2| in head; longest soft ray 2^ in 
head. Anal spines small, the second and thiid subequal, 3 iu head. 
Soft anal rays moderate. Ventrals reaching past vent. If in head. 
Pectoral long, If in head. Depth 3. D. XI, I, 9; A. Ill, 5; P. 19; Lat. 
I. 28 (25 tubes). West coast of Florida. 
(Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 422.) 
Page 088. CottuncnJus 7nicrops is very fully described and well figured 
by Collett, Norske Nord-Havs Exj). 1880, 18. The eye is here repre- 
sented as shorter than snout, and about 6 iu head, the pectorals reach 
past front of anal, and the dorsal rays are Vl-13 to VI-15. It is pos- 
sible that the American species is different, but the resemblance of the 
two is very great. 
Page G91. It is thought by Collett (Norske Nord-Havs Exp. 1880, 34) 
that Icelns hicornis is identical with Icelus liamatus. If this supposition 
is correct, the species should stand as 1048, I. hicornis (Eeinh.) Gill. 
Icelus furciger Malm (Forh. Skand. Naturf. 18(33, 410) is identical with 
J. hamatus. In life the head of this species is provided with very slen- 
der cirri. 
