2? 8 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Bean, Tarleton H. — Directions for collecting and preserving fish. 



(Bull. U. S. Fish Com. Sept. 3, 1883, vol. m, pp. 197-200. Reprinted 

 from Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. iv, pp. 235-238.) 



The first occurrence of Pseudotriacis microdon, Capello, on the 



coast of the United States. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Oct. 5, 1883, vol. VI, pp. 147-150.) 



This shark stranded, February 8, 1883, at the Amagansett life-saving sta- 

 tion, on Long Island, and was forwarded to the Museum by Mr. J. B. Ed- 

 wards. It is the first result of a request by Prof. S. F. Baird to the superin- 

 tendent of life-saving stations, Mr. S. I. Kimball, for information from points 

 along the entire coast concerniug the movements and the stranding of marine 

 animals and for the sending of desirable specimens to the National Museum. 



Pseudotriacis microdon is a rare shark which was first observed on the coast 

 of Portugal. 



The genus Pseudotriacis is redefined and the species fully described. 



Description of a new species of AlepidosaUrus (A. wsculapius) 



from Alaska. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. March 23, 1883, v, pp. 661-663.) 

 Alepidosaurus cesculapius, n. «. (Iliuliuk, Unalaschka, p. 661.) 



Great International Fisheries Exhibition; London, 1883. United 



States of America. F. Catalogue of the Collections of Fishes ex- 

 hibited by the United States National Museum, by Tarleton H. Bean, 

 Curator of the Department of Fishes in the United States National 

 Museum. Washington : Government Printing Office. 1883. 8vo, 

 pp. 1-124. 



(Forms part of Bull. 27, U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



This catalogue relates to about 450 species of North American fishes, or 

 nearly one-third of the known fauna. The principal common names are 

 given, and the geographical distribution is stated as fully as possible. The 

 maximum size of the species, their importance as food or bait, and their re- 

 productive habits are briefly noticed. In the remarks upon the several groups 

 of fishes exhibited will be found a sketch of the most recent information con- 

 cerning the fish-fauna of the regions from which they were obtained. The 

 survey of Alaskan fishes is the most detailed, and brings the list of known 

 species up to the date of printing of this section of the catalogue. 



— — Notes on some fishes collected by James G. Swan in Washing- 

 ton Territory, including a new species of JUacrurus. 



{Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, VI, pp. 362-364.) 



Macrurus acrolepis, n. s., besides information concerning Delolepis virgalus, 

 Bramaraii, and 8 other species. 



Notes on fishes observed at the head of Chesapeake Bay in the 



spring of 1882, and upon other species of the same region. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, vi, pp. 362-364. ) 



Concerning 31 species for the most part taken in the seine by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission, June 9 and 10, 1882. The common names in use at Havre de 

 Grace are recorded, and brief notes are given about spawning habits and 

 times of arrival and departure. 





