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previously been described by the writer; the latter imder the ver^- same 

 name vrhicli is uow proposed by Dr. Giinther. A detailed description 

 of Belone Joncsii was published in October, 1877, in the American Jour- 

 nal of Science and Arts.* Dr. Giinther's description of Belone Jonesii 

 and my own coincide in all essential details, and, furthermore, I had the 

 opportunity of seeing- Mr, Jones's specimens on the day they were col- 

 lected and before they Avere put in spirits. My specimens were collected 

 within a few days of the same time, and from the same locality. 



Gerres Joncsii, Gthr., is api)arentl3- identical with the species de- 

 scribed by me in 1874 under the name Diapterus Lefroiji,] and subse- 

 quently referred to in the Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas| as 

 Eucinostomus Lefroyi. 



This species was discovered in Cuban waters at nearly the same time 

 by Prof, Felipe Poey, and was by him named Endnostomvs productus.^ 



OESCRIPTIOIV OF A SPECIES OF I^VCODGS (L. TIJRIVERI) FBOITI 

 AliASKA, BEL.IEVED TO BE UXDESCRUtED. 



By TARLET01\ H. BEAIV. 



The first species of the genus Lyeodes known from the l!^^orth Pacific 

 is in the United States National Museum, where it was sent by Mr. 

 Lucien M. Turner, who took it at St. Michael's, Alaska, March 28, 1876. 

 There is no record of the depth at which it was taken. The single si)eci- 

 men seciu'cd is 330 millimetres (13 English inches) in length, and is 

 well preserved. This is one of six species described as scaleless— poZam 

 (Sabine), 1820, length of type 7 English inches; mucosiis, Bich., 1855, 

 types 7 and 11 inches ; Rossi, Malmgren, 1864, type 32 millimetres ; 

 gracilis, M. Sars, 1866, type 43 millimetres ; Sarsii, CoUett, 1871, type 

 44 mOlimetres, being the other five. I have brought together ^otom, 

 mucosus, VerrilUi, and Turner i in a table of comparative measurements, 

 so that the relations of the Korth American species may be seen at a 

 glance. It is difficult to determine the exact relations of all the species 

 of Lyeodes of the Arctic and Subarctic regions, since nearly half of them 

 were described from small individuals; but, so far as tlie original descrip- 

 tions and measurements furuisli a guide, L. Turneri is «piite dififerent 

 from all the rest. 



The species is dedicated to Mr, Lucien M. Turner, to whose diligence 

 the Museum is indebted for large and valuable additions to its collections 

 from Alaska. 



*A Preliminury Catalogiu' ol' the Reptiles. Fishes and Leptocarclians of the Ber- 

 inndas, \vitli Descriptions of foiiv Speciesof Fislies believed to bo new. < Amor. Jotirn. 

 Sci. and Arts, xiv, 1877, (Oct.). pp. 'isD-QOe, (p. '19'^). 



f Auicr. Joiiru. Sci. and Arts, vii, 1874, (Aug.), \). l*^o. 



rCataiogue of the Fishes of tln' Berr.nulas, p. 8'J. 



vW'.nunieralo PiscMiin ("'iibcnsinin. . . . ^fadrid, 1^7r)-7t). p. .'"i5. 



