ADDENDA — 127. OSTRACIID^ — OSTRACIUM. 
965 
Pagfo 817. After Citharichthys sordidus add: 
IQS'? (b). C. stig-mseMS J. & G. 
Olivaceous, the scales darker edged; fius dusky; all the vertical fins 
with a small round inky spot near the middle of each seventh to tenth 
ray. Body rather deep, strongly compressed; caudal peduncle short 
and deep; mouth moderate, the maxillary 2f in head, reaching past 
front of pupil; teeth very slender, rather long, uniserial, about on 
each side. Eyes large, separated by a sharp, scaleless ridge ; gill-rakers 
moderate. Fins moderate ; caudal about as long as head ; pectoral 1 f in 
head. Head 3|; depth 2^. D. 87; A. G8; Lat. 1.54 (pores). Santa 
Barbara, California. 
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 
Page 841. After Monolene sessilicauda add : 
463 (6).— B^OSTOITIA Bean. 
(Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 188*2,413: type Baiostoma brachialis Bean.) 
This genus is distinguished from Achiriis by the presence of a pecto- 
ral hn on the eyed side. From the European genus Monochir it differs 
in having liie right ventral connate with the anal. (/5ato?, small; (tto’jlu, 
mouth.) 
129§ {h). B. b6*achaale Bean. 
Grayish, with 5 or G faint dark vertical lines, and with a few scattered 
white spots, the largest nearly as large as eye; blind side whitish. 
Pectoral of right side i)resent, of several rays, f length of head; right 
ventral of 5 rays, continuous with anal. Scales of nape, chin, and breast, 
much enlarged and spinulose. Interorbital width half eye. Caudal as 
long as head. Head more than 3; depth nearly half of total length. 
D. 47 ; A. 35. South Florida. [Bean.) 
(Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1882, 413.) 
Page 845. The type of Pteroplirynoides is Lopliius histrio Linn., not 
Chironectes hougainvillii as stated in the text. 
Page 853. After Ostracium trigomim add: 
1316 {b). ©. triqueti’iiDM L. 
Dusky, closely covered with round dark spots. Body three-angled, 
the angles rather sharp. No spines anywhere. Carapace closed be- 
hind dorsal. Snout somewhat concave in jirofile. Supraocular ridges 
prominent, the space between them concave. Head 4 ; depth 24. D. 
10; A. 10; Lat. 1. 0. West Indies, north to Pensacola. 
{Oslracion tviqueter L. Syst. Nat.; Giintber, viii, 256.) 
