1835] PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 205 



that it was referred to a new genus, " Borborys,''^ by Broiissonet, with 

 the iollowing characters : " Corpus squamosum, Pinn. dorsi unica. 

 Maxill. iufer, iutr. carin. Caput squamosum." 



We have uot been able to ascertain whether or not Broussonet has 

 pubb'shed a description of this genus. 



The skin is 122'"'" long. The head is one-fourth of the total length 

 without caudal, and the depth about the same. 



D. 12 ; A. 10. Scales in 33 longitudinal and 12 transverse rows. 



A black blotch is still apparent on the posterior part of the dorsal. 



The species is now known to us as Fnndulus heteroc'itus. 



Amia calva, L. 



Linn6, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 500. 



There being no doubt concerning this species, we have merely to say 

 that the length of the type to caudal base is 285'"'". 



Silurus felis, L. 



Linn6, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 503. 



Ko. 19, Garden. 



The length to base of caudal is 270'"'". 



D. I. 8 5 A. 23. 



The species is, of course, the one now known as Arius felis. 



Teuthis hepatus, L. 



Linn:6, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 507. 



The length of the type is 208-""^ to caudal base. The height of the 

 body equals nearly two-thirds of this length ; the length of the head is 

 contained 3§ times in the total without caudal ; the eye is one-fourth as 

 long as the head. The least height of the tail is contained 9 times in 

 total without caudal, the longest dorsal spine 6^ times. The longest 

 anal spine is one-half as long as the head. There are 7 teeth on a side 

 in each jaw. 



D. IX, 26; A. 11,25; V. 1,5. 



Esox osseus, L. 



LiNNE, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 516. 



Ko. 9, Garden. 



The species is our well-known Lepidosteus osseus. 



Elops saurus, L. 



LiNN]&, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 518. 



The type of this species is a half skin cut in two pieces, pasted one 

 above the other. The length to caudal base is 460'"'". 



D. 24; A. 16. 



In the margin of the annotated copy Linue has written : " Forsk. Tr, 

 Orient, p. 68, No. 100." 



The reference to Brown, Jamaica, 452, 2, is stricken out. 



