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467. Proceedings of iN'ational JMuseutn. Vol. IV— Coutinued. 



Boyd, C. H. Remains of the walrus (?) in Maine. 

 Carlin, W. E. Observations of Siredon lichenoides. 

 Dall, W. H. On the genera of chitons. 



On certain limpets and chitons from the deep waters off the eastern 

 coast of the United States. 

 Endlich, F. M. An analysis of water destructive to fish in the Gulf of 



Mexico. 

 Farlow, W. G. Report on the contents of two bottles of water from 



the Gulf of Mexico, forwarded by the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Gilbert, C. H. See under Jordan and Gilbert. 

 Gill, T. Note on the Latiloid genera. 

 Glazier, W. C. W. On the destruction of fish by polluted waters in the 



Gulf of Mexico. 

 Goode, G. B. The Taxonomic relations and geographical distribution of 



the members of the swordfish family, {Xiphiidce.) 

 Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. Description of a new species of fish, Apo- 

 gon pandionis, from the deep water off the mouth of Chesapeake 

 Bay. 

 Benthodesmus^ a new genus of deep-sea fishes, allied to Lepidopus. 

 Hatves, G. W. On the mineralogical composition of the normal meso- 

 zoic diabase upon the Atlantic border. 

 On the determination of feldspar in thin sections of rocks. 

 Ingersoll, E. On the fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Japanese Legation, Washington. Catalogue of a collection of Jap- 

 anese cotton fibre presented to the U. S. National Museum by the 

 Government of Japan, together with the amount of the annual crop 

 of Japan and the price of cotton. 

 Johnson, S. H. Notes on the mortality among fishes of the Gulf of 



Mexico. 

 Jordan, D. S. ; Jouy, P. L. Check-list of duplicates of fishes from the 

 Pacific coast of North America, distributed by the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution in behalf of the United States National Museum, 1881. 

 Jordan, D. S. ; Gilbert, C. H. Notes on the fishes of the Pacific coast 

 of the United States. 

 Description of Sehastichthys mysiinus. 

 Description of a new species of Ptychochilus {Ptychochilus Harfordi) 



from Sacramento river. 

 Note on Raia inornata. 

 ' Notes on a collection of fishes, made by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, 



U. S. N., on the west coast of Mexico, with descriptions of new 

 species. 

 List of fishes collected by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., in the 

 Gulf of California and on the west coast of Lower California, 

 with descriptions of four new species. 

 Descriptions of thirty-three new species of fishes from Mazatlan, 



Mexico. 

 Description of a new species of Pomadasys from Mazatlan, with a key 

 to the species known to inhabit the Pacific coasts of tropical 

 America. 



