ADDENDA — 127. OSTRACIID^ OSTRACIUM. 9G5 



Page 817. After Citharichthys sordidns add : 

 1257 (6). C. staifCMacMS J. ifc G. 



Olivaceous, the scales darker edged; fins dusky; all the vertical fins 

 with a small round inky spot near the middle of each seventh to tenth 

 ray. Bodj' rather deep, strongly compressed; caudal peduncle short 

 and deep ; mouth moderate, the maxillary 2f in head, reaching past 

 front of pupil; teeth very slender, rather long, unisenal, about |{} on 

 each side. Eyes large, separated by a sharp, scaleless ridge ; gill-rakers 

 moderate. Fins moderate ; caudal about as long as head ; i)ectoral ] | in 

 head. Head 3^; depth 2^. D. 87; A. C8; Lat. 1. 54 (pores). Santa 

 Barbara, California. 



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



Page 841. After MonoUne sessiUcauda add : 



463 (6).— B^OSTOMA Bean. 

 (Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882,413: type Baiostoma hrachialis Bean.) 



This genus is distinguished from Achirus by the presence of a jDeeto- 

 ral fin on the eyed side. From the European genus Monocliir it differs 

 in having ttie right ventral connate with the anal. (/9«f«c, small; ar<>iJ-M^ 

 mouth.) 



129§ (ft). B. brachialc Bean. 



Grayish, with 5 or 6 faint dark vertical lines, and with a few scattered 

 white spots, the largest nearly as large as eye; blind side whitish. 

 Pectoral of right side present, of several rays, f length of head; right 

 ventral of a rays, continuous with anal. Scales of nape, chin, and breast, 

 much enlarged and spinulose. Interorbital width half eye. Caudal as 

 long as head. Head more than 3 ; depth nearly half of total length. 

 D. 47 ; A. 35. South Florida. {Bean.) 



(Byan.Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 413.) 



Page 845. The type of Pterophrynoides is LopJims Mstrio Linn., not 

 Chironcctes hovgainvillii as stated in the text. 



Page 853. After Ostraciiim trigonum add: 

 1310 (h). O. triqiietriiin L. 



Dusky, closely covered with round dark spots. Body three-angled, 

 the angles rather sharp. No spines anywhere. Carapace closed be- 

 hind dorsal. Snout somewhat concave in profile. Supraocular ridges 

 prominent, the space between them concave. Head 4; depth 24^. I). 

 10; A. 10; Lat. L 0. West Indies, north to Pensacola. 



{Oslravion triquettr L. Syst. Nat.; Gunthcr, viii, 256.) 



