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The subfamily Orestiinu' or Orestiasiui' is of very doiibtful validity, 

 and in view of the discovery of E)itpetrie]ith)js and the existence of 

 Tellia and an apodal Ci/priHodon, I am disposed to relegate the repre- 

 sentative genus to the subfamily FundKlinfv or HaplochiUiuv. 



I can not close this addendum without testifying my admiration of 

 the knowledge of the literature of the subject manifested in Mr. Gar- 

 man's monograijh.^ The work will be of great value, but it will be 

 wished by many, who will have occasion to use it, that he had given in 

 the form of analytical synopses or diagnoses, the benefit of his experi- 

 ence and his views as to the relationships and essential characteristics 

 of the species of polymorphic genera; thereby the wearisome task of 

 identifying specimens would have been much diminished. 



'The more correct form for the sub-family name would be Orestiadina' {<^bpEaTuiq, 

 a6oq). 



^One of the extremely few works beariuj;- on the subject uot included in the " Lit- 

 erature" of ilr. Carman's monograph is Minding's " Lehrbucli der Xatnrgeschichte 

 derFische" above referred to. It maybe well also to add here that the article 

 attributed to Jaxos would be rather looked for under Kauoh, the former being a 

 Christian name, the Hungarian e(iuivalent of John. Mr. Garman evidently allowed 

 himself to be misled by the custom of the Hungarians of putting the family name 

 tirst aud the Christian name last. 



