160 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892. 



The steamer Fish .'hark was engaged in the lower Chesapeake Bay. 

 where small collections were obtained. 



The scl tier Grampus did general collecting in the lower Chesa- 

 peake and in the coast waters adjacent thereto. 



Prof. P>. W. Evermanu, for the U. S. Fish Commission, collected 

 tishes in Montana and Wyoming during duly and August, 1891. 



Profs. J. T. Scovell and A. J. Wool man made some collections in 

 northern Mexico during August, 1891. Mr. P. L. Jouy collected in 

 Mexico (Lake Chapala, principally), in February and April, 1892. 



Mr. Charles W. Richmond sent from Nicaragua collections made in 

 February, March and April. 1892. 



The total number of packages sent out during the year, not including 

 the sets of duplicate tishes. was twenty four. The most important were : 



Thirty seven species of deep-sea tishes to the Royal Museum of 

 Copenhagen, Denmark, in exchange; a large series of fishes to be skele- 

 tonized: and seven species of Scopelids and a tile fish to the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. 



Fifty five sets of duplicate fishes were prepared and turned over to 

 the registrar. The specimens were all carefully wrapped, and each set 

 contained about 125 species, both fresh and salt water forms. A list to 

 accompany each set was printed. 



The number of specimens added to the collections of tishes during 

 the year was 1,90(5. The first entry in the register was No. 436*03, the 

 last 44151;. making a total of 553 entries. 



The following list comprises the accessions to the department of 

 fishes received daring the year: 



A small collection of tishes. made in Arizona by 1'. L. Jouy. 24582. 



Two specimens of the shark-pilot, Echeneis naucrates. From Wrights ville Sound, 



North Carolina. 24625. 

 One specimen of Argentina alius. From H. P. Thompson. Belfast, Me. 24681. 

 Two specimens of sculpin, Coitus richardsoni var., from Arkansas. Received from 



F A. Sampson, Sedalia, Mo. 24685. 

 Small collection of tishes. made at Guayraas, Mix., by 1*. I.. Jouy. 24686. 

 Upper jawbone of Lepidoslem platystomus from strata of rock at Rocky Point, La. 



From s. B.Johnson, Shreveport, La. 24704. 

 One specimen of Chirolophus polyactoeephalus in alcohol. From Ashdown Green, 



Victoria, British Columbia. 21711. 

 Twenty-one line specimens of lancelets, Branchiostoma lanceolatum, from San Diego 



Day, Cal. Purchased from L. C. Bragg. 2472S. 

 Small collection of tishes from Mexico. Collected by Prof. A. Duges. 24727. 

 A small collection from Matsoronga, Cordova. Estado Vara Cruz. From A. L. 



Herrera. 2476!t. 

 A small collection of tishes from the West Indies and the west coast of South 



America. Collected by Dr. Howard E. Ames, of the I'. S. Navy. 24892. 

 Head and tail of Sal mo salar, from the ( labbassacontic River, Maine. Sent by John T. 



Richards through Forest and Stream of New York. 25170. 

 One specimen of Chilomycterns calif 'orniensis (new species), from San Diego Bay. 



Purchased from L. C. Bragg. 25173. 

 A small collection of fishes, from the west coast of Florida, made by J. C. Henderson, 



ir. and Charles T. Simpson. 25300. 



