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about as long as snout. Spines on body well developed. Dorsal on 2 

 + 1 rings; the fin bigli and very short. D. 12; rings 11 + 26 to 30. L. 

 2 inches. Pensacola Bay. 

 (Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1882, 265.) 



Page 391. The ventral rays in Aulorhynchus are I, 4, not I, 5 as erro- 

 neously stated in the text. 



Page 403. Mugil mexicanus is certainly specially identical with Mugil 

 albula, and may, therefore, be suppressed. 



Page 405. The types of AtJierina Carolina C. & V., examined bj' us in 

 the Museum at Paris, show the following additional characters : 



A true Atherina. Eye large, 2^ in head. Scales nearly or quite en- 

 tire. Spinous dorsal wholly in advance of the vent. Ventral reaching 

 past front of vent and dorsal nearly to it. Head 4i. Lat. 1. 52. 



Page 406. In Lahidesthes, the premaxillaries, though broadened be- 

 hind, are much narrower than in Menidia, and but little broader than in 

 Atherina. 



Page 406. The date of the name Menidia is apparently 1836. 



Page 407. Instead of Menidia hosei read : 

 640. M. vagrans suLsp. laciniata Swain, sp. uov. 



Coast of North Carolina. The synonymy given in the text (page 

 407j belongs to No. 644. 



Page 407. In Menidia, vagrans the scales are all very firm, with rough 

 edges. A. I, 15 to I, 18. Silvery band broad; back with lines of dots 

 following the rows of scales; pectoral and caudal yellowish in life. Soft 

 dorsal and anal scaly. Florida to Texas. 



Page 408. After Menidia notata add : 

 64 tS (6). WL. audens Hay, sp. nov^ 



Color and form of 31. notata; edges of scales somewhat dotted; a 

 dusky streak at base of anal. Head rather broad and flat above. Mouth 

 small. Eye 3 in head, equal to snout and to interorbital space. Vent 

 a longitudinal slit, its length two-thirds diameter of eye. First dor- 

 sal spine inserted immediately above anterior part of anal slit, slightly 

 nearer base of caudal than snout. Pectorals extending to beyond bases 

 of ventrals, their length four-fifths head. Ventrals reaching vent. In- 

 terspace between dorsals twice diameter of eye. Top of head covered 

 with large scales. Lateral silvery band on fifth row of scales and edges 

 of fourth and sixth rows; the extreme parts of fifth row not included 

 in it. Scales with entire edges, which are nearly straight, so that 



