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18§0— Continued. 



Description of a new sparoid fish {Sparus hrachysomtts), from Lower California. 

 By "W. N. Lockington. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 284-286, Sept. 

 28, 1880. 

 Description of seven new species of Sebastoid fishes, fk-omthe coast of Califor- 

 nia. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. <:^Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Museum, iii, pp. 287-298, Sept. 28, 1880. 



[New species : Sebastichthys atrovirens, rubrivinctus, vexillaris, chlorostictus, constellatus, 

 rastrelligernndfasciolaris Lockington (a substitute for Sebastes fasciatus Girard, the name 

 fasciatus being preoccupied).] 



Descriiition of a new Embiotocoid {Abeona aurora), from Monterey, California, 

 with notes on a related species. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. 

 Gilbert. <Proc, U. S. Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 299-301, Sept. 28, 1880. 

 [Ditrema brevipinne Giinther is considered a synonym of Brachyistius frenaius Gill.] 

 Description of a new flounder (Plaiysomatichthys stomias), from the coast of 

 California. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. <^Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 301-303, Sept. 28, 1880. 



[The writers, in a paper written later than the above, but published earlier (op. cit, p. 

 51), founded the genus Atheresthes for this species.] 



Description of a new Embiotocoid fish (Cymatogaster rosaceus), from the coast 

 of California. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert, <^Proc. U. 

 S. Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 303-305, Sept. 28, 1880. 



[Brachyistius frenatus Gill is referred to the genus Cymatogaster. ^ 

 Description of a new species of deep-water fish (Icichihys LocMngtoni), from 

 the coast of California. By David S. Jordan and Charles H Gilbert. 

 <Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 305-308, Sept. 28, 1880. 



[Icichthys n. g., representing a now family, Icosteidce, which is defined on page 307. 

 Icosteus and Icichthys compared.] 



Description of a new Embiotocoid fish {Ditrema atripes), from the coast of Cal- 

 ifornia. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. <^Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Museum, iii, pp. 320-322, Sept. 28-Oct. 27, 1880. 

 [Phanerodon Girard is considered a synonym of Ditrema.] 



Description of a new Scorpaenoid fish (Sebastichthys mallger), from the coast of 

 California. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. <Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 322-324, Oct. 27, 1880. 



Note on a new flat-fish (Lepidopsetta isolepis), found in the markets of San 



Francisco. By W. N. Lockington. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, iii, p. 



325, Oct. 27, 1880. 

 Note on a forgotten paper of Dr. Ayres and its bearing on the nomenclature 



of the Cyprinoid fishes of the San Francisco markets. By David S. Jordan. 



<Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 325-327, Oct. 27, 1880. 



[The paper referred to was published in the "Daily Placer Times and Transcript ", issue 



of May 30, 1854 ; it determines the nomenclature of Telestes gibbosa, Orihodon microlepido- 



tus, Fogonichthys macrolepidotus, and Catostom,us occidentalis.] 



Description of a new Scorpaenoid fish {Sehastichthys proriger), from Monterey 



Bay, California. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. <[Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 327-329, Oct. 27, 1880. 

 Description of a new Kgono\(\.{Agonus viilsus), from the coast of California. 



By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. <[Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, 



iii, pp. 330-332, Oct. 27, 1880. 



[In a foot-note on page 332, Agonus (Brachyopsis) Barkani Steind. is stated to be a 



synonym of Brachyojjsis verrucosus Lock., and Agonus (Brachyopsis) Annce Steind. is said 



to be antedated by Brachyopsis xyosternus Jor. & GUb.] 



Description of a new species of Hemirhamphus {Hemirhamphns rosa;), from the 

 coast of California. By David S. Jordan and Charles H, Gilbert. <^Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 335-336, Oct. 27, 1880. 



