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Genus 753. STELLERINA* Cramer. 



Stellerina Cramer, new genua {xyosternus). 



2i09. Stellerina syosterna (Jordan & Gilbert). 

 Coast of California and Oregon. 



Brachyopsis xiioslerniis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ili, July 2, 

 1888, 152, Santa Cruz, California. 



Genus 754. PALLASINA Cramer. 



Pallasina Cramer, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 815 {barbatus). 



2410. Pallasina barbata (Steindaohner). 



North Paeitic, south to .Japan. 



Siphaijonns barbalits Steiudachner, lohth. Beitr., v, 140, pi. 5, Sitzb. der K. Ac. 

 der Wiss., lxxiv, July, 1876, Hakodate and Nagasaki, Japan. 



Genus 755. LEPTAGONUS Gill. 



Leptagonm Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Xlii, 1861, 167, 259 {sinnosissimua = 

 decaqonust). 



2411. Leptagonus decagoniis (Bloch & Schneider). 



Arctic Ocean, south to Newfoundland and Norway. 



Jgoinis (lecafjouns Bloih & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., i, 105, pi. 27, 1801, errone- 

 ously recorded from the East Indies, the type from Greenland. 



Genus 756. PODOTHECUS Gill. 



Fodoihecus Gn\, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xiii, 1861,77,259 {peristethus=zaci- 

 pcnserinus). 



2412. Podotliecus accipiter Jordan & Starks. 



Robben Island. 



Podothecus accipUer Jordan & Starks, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 816, pi. 88, 

 Robben Island, Okhotsk Sea. 



2413. Podothecus gilberti (Collett). 



Kamchatka. 



Agonus gilberti Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond. 1894, 670, pi. 45, Kamchatka. 



2414. Podothecus acipenserinus (Tilesius). Common AlUgator-fish. 



Kamchatka to Puget Sound. 



Agonus adpenscnnus Tilesius, M^m. Ac. Petersb., iv, 1811, 422, pi. 11, fig. 

 163, Unalaska. 



2415. Podothecus veternus Jordan & Starks. 



Robben Island. 



Fodotheciis relernus Jordan & Starks, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 819, pi. 89, 

 Robben Island, Okhotsk Sea. 



Genus 757. STELGIS Cramer. 



Stelgis Cramer, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 821 (vulsus). 



2416. Stelgis vulsus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Off San Francisco. 



Ago)) IIS v)il8iis .lordan it Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 330, Point 

 Reyes, near San Francisco. 



Genus 758. AVERRTTNCTJS Jordan & Starks. 

 Aver)-)inciis Jordan & Starks, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 824 (emmelane). 



2417. Averruncus emmelane Jordan & Starks. 



Puget Sound, near Port Orchard. 



Aven-iDiois enimelane Jordan & Starks, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 821, pi. 91, 

 Port Orchard, Puget Sound. 



Distingni.shed by tbe armature, especially that of the breast, which is reduced to prickles. 



