APPENDIX. r,|g 



Trachichthys intermedins, Hector (Trans. New Zeal. Inst., Yii, M:,, I'l. xi. Ii<v. KS.\.— 

 Giiiitlier, Clialleuger Jieiwrt, xxii. 24). Two spcciiiiciis were collc'cted l.y the Challenger 

 Expedition— one 3.', inches long, on tlie east coast oi' Xew Zealand, at station 100, in 275 

 fathoms. 



The specimen described by Dr. Hector was only 2.7 inches lon.n, and was obtained oil' 

 Cape Farewell in 400 fathoms. 



noplostetlms mediterranrus. The ran^e of this s].ecies, not liitherlo known north of 

 Madeira, has been extended to the coast of (Ireat IJritain by the liev. Mr. (Ireen, who 

 obtained a specimen in the snn\mer of ISSII olf the southwest coast of Ireland (Giinther, 

 Ann. and Mag. IS'at. Hist., December, ISS!), 417). 



The laiige of this form in the Mediterranean seems to be limited on the east by Malta 

 (diilia, Tentam., lehth. .Melitens., ISfil, 22). Ft was recorded by (iiiichenot and IJonrgeot 

 from Algeria, and is also known from the (rulf of Naples (Costa) and the C.ulf of Palermo 

 (D(ederlein), who records it also from Messina, where it is called "liulicaru.'' 



Its range in the western Atlantic is from 11^ 43' to .'}!)" 50' X. lat.; in the eastern 

 Atlantic from 36° to oO^. 



A specimen was taken in the Bay of Bengal at Tnres1i{/<it(n- station 1(!2, at a depth of 

 145 to 250 fathoms. — Alcock, Journ. Asiatic 8oc. of Uengal, Lxiii, Tart ir, No. 2, 1S04, p. 2. 



We are disposed to recognize the Hophstcthus jttpoiiicuH of Uilg(!ndorf as a distinct 

 species, until the differences recorded by Hilgendorf and (iiinther can be studied from a 

 larger series of specimens. 



Pagel!t5: Jordan and Kvermann propose the new generic WAma Escolar iuv TInirsi- 

 tops viulaceiis, Bean. They also are of the opinion that Thyrsitex niger, Poey (enumerated 

 Pise, Cubens, 1875, p. 74), is of the same species. Since this was described from a fragment, 

 we have not taken it into consideration in our studies. 



Page 201: Jordan and Kvermann refer our Di/rotii.s i><(rripiiniin to rromrthichtliys, 

 though with some doubt as to the proi)riety of so doing. 



Prometliichfhys lientialensis (Alcock, Tliyrsilcs bcii(jt(lrn.sis, .b/urn. Asiatic Soc. of Bcn.yal, 

 LXIII, Part II, Xo. 2, 1894, p. 3), a species allied to /'. pnimetheoides, Bleeker, was obtained by 

 the Investigator at station 102, in the Bay of Bengal, 145 to 250 fatiioms. 



Page 203: Lepidopii.s Insifdiiiciis, SUmy {L. canddius), occurs, says Capello, in great 

 abundance off the coast of Portugal, where it is taken in the open sea in March and April 

 (Peixes de Portugal, 1880, 16). 



The specific identity of the tish tound at St. Lucas by Xantiis is .so (hmbtful that wo 

 prefer to refer to it as L. A'antnsi, new specilic name. 



Page 208: Trichiurus Icptiiriis, the I'ei.rc csiMda lomo, is veiy abundant off the coast of 

 Portugal, where it is taken with the deep-sea lines used for sharks (Capello, Peixes de 

 Portugal, 1880, 10). 



Page 221 : Dirvlmiis argeuteiis is referred to by Taillant, pp. 18 and 45, under the name 

 Gyrinomenc nummnlaris, he having at flrst sui)i.osed his species to belong to a new genus 

 and species. 



After 2>*vfw(rt a<ld: 



STEINEGERfA, Jorvlan and Evermann. 

 Slemeqerm, .TouoAN .,..,1 I.'.vkRM vxx, Proc. U. S. Nat . M ns.. l-^.^ti. If.7. (Typo, >\ ruhc.reu..) 



A genus allied to, and possibly belonging to, the tamily Bramidw, having the body 

 ovate, considerablv compressed, closely covered with membranous scales, which are closely 

 imbricate.], and with a distinct median keel. Clelt of month very oblhpie, the lower jaw 

 Strongly projerting. Xo distinct lateral line. Dorsal and anal tins somewhat elongate, the 

 former with eleven, the latter with two spines. Caudal lunaf, with short and slender 

 peduncle. Ventrals thoracic, not depressible, with one spine and hve rays. 



Jaws with siu-le bands of small cardiform teeth, those in front largest, especially 

 in the lower jaw. ' Teeth in viliiform bands on the palatines, but absent from the vomer. 

 Premaxillaries protractile; preopercle without angle, with ascending limb linely serrulate, 

 and with a few coarser teeth about the angle. Vent well l>ehind ventrals. 



