966 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



Page 856. Instead of MonacantJius hroccus read: 

 1322. M.. BBBSliMaas (Linn.) J. & G. 

 {BalistesMsindus L.mn. Syst. Nat.) 



Page 861. After Tetrodon turgidus add: 

 1322 (b). T. iiepSielMS Goode & Bean. 



Very close to T, turgidus, of which it is the southern representative. 

 Back and sides with pale spots, which are often surrounded by dark 

 reticulations; dark bars on sides fainter than in T. turgidus, the axillary 

 bar scarcely darker than the others. Spines of upper parts much larger, 

 farther apart, and more distinctly stellate, than in T. turgidus, ceasing 

 opposite front of dorsal and vent; less than 40 in a series from eye to 

 dorsal. Dorsal rather larger than in T. #^«7/MZM«. D. 8;A. 6. Georgia 

 to Texas ; very abundant. Perhaps a variety of T. turgidus, but thus 

 far readily distinguishable. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat Mas. 1882,412.) 



Page 863. Instead of Diodon novemmaculatus read : 

 13J.6. I>. lsttB5'0§u§ Shaw. 

 (Sba\Y, General Zoology, v, jit. 2, 43G, 1804; after Lac^pMe.) 



Page 864. After Chilomycfenis gcometricus add: 

 1337 (c). C. rotnCMBafMS (L.) Gthr. 



Body and fins mostly covered with small round black spots; a large 

 black blotch before and around dorsal ; another on eacii side above gill- 

 opening and pectoral. Spines short, compressed, the anterior root flat, 

 much longer than the other roots except anteriorly; supraocular cirrus 

 well developed. Head 2f ; depth 2|. D. 12; A. 12. West Indies, 

 north to Florida Reefs. 



(Diodon rciiculatus L. Syst. Nat. ; Giintlier, viii,313.) 



Page 865. After Mola rotunda add : 



487.— RAKZANIA Nardo. 



(Nardo, Ann. Sci. Rogn. Lombard. Venet. 105, x, 1840: type Tcirodon truncatus Retz.) 



Body oblong, the depth about half the height; skin smooth, tes- 

 sellated, divided into small hexagonal scutella: otherwise essentially 

 as in Mola. (Dedicated to A. Camillo Eanzani.) 



13-10. K. trtsmcata (Retzius) Nardo. 



Snout straight, the mouth being on the level of the eye; caudal 



