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of which seven are new, while the remaining three appear for the first 

 time as Indian Fishes. With one exception they were obtained in 

 depths ranging from 25 to 68 fathoms, generally at the deeper. 



Mr. Alcock's report on the natural history work of the ' Investiga- 

 tor ' for season 1888-89, already alluded to, contains a list of 95 Fishes 

 found on the Orissa coast, and some interesting information as to the 

 localities in which certain fishes are found. He also gives preliminary 

 notes on the Fishes taken off the Orissa coast which are believed to 

 be new, and on the gestation of some Elasmobranch Fishes (Trygon 

 bleekeri, Carcharias melanopterus, the black-finned shark, and Zygcena 

 blochii, the long hammer-headed shark). He has contributed to our 

 Journal a paper on the same subject, not yet published, containing 

 some interesting and novel observations. 



In a paper published in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 

 " on the Bathybial Fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring 

 ■waters, obtained during, the seasons 1885 to 1889," Mr. Alcock has 

 given an account of the Hydrography of the Region and a jDreliminary 

 list of all the Deep-sea Fishes that have been obtained to date by the 

 Marine Survey, with descriptions of the new species. 



The ' Fishes ' of the Afghan Boundary Delimitation Commission, 

 collected by Dr. Aitchison, have been described by Dr. Giinther in the 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society, and comprise only seven species 

 belonging to six genera, three of which prove to be new. The most 

 intei-esting species, owing to its geographical distribution, is Schizo- 

 thorax intermedins, first found by Grifiith in the Cabul River, and ao-ain 

 by the second Yarkand Mission in the great eastern drainage of Eastern 

 Turkestan at Yangi-Hissar. Dr. Aitchison's specimens were found in 

 the tributaries of the Bala-Murghab River, which drain to the north 

 and west towards the Caspian. The new species of this genus describ- 

 ed by Dr. Giinther (8. rauUnsii), was collected in the Hari Rud and its 

 tributaries only. 



In the Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist. Dr. Giinther has described a new 

 fish of the characteristically Central Asiatic genus Biptychus from the 

 Issik Kul. It was collected by Dr. Lansdell and has been named after him. 



Vol. Ill, part 2 of the " Scientific Results of Prjevalsky's Travels in 

 Central Asia," containing the first part of the ' Fishes,' by S, Herzen- 

 stein, has been published in Russian and German. It treats of the 

 Gyprinidce, genus Nemachilus, v. Hass, and is illustrated with 8 plates 

 containing well-executed drawings of many of the sjjecies described. 



The Taprobanian, Vol. Ill, contains a note by Mr. Haly, of the 

 Colombo Museum, on Novacula pavo. 



A Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum, Part I. Elas- 

 mobrancliii, by H. S. Woodward, has appeared during the year. 



