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are in bad condition, parts of the body having been injured by the di- 
gestive process. There is apparently no doubt that the present species 
belongs to the genus Aprion, as understood by Bleecker (= Apsilus, Che- 
topterus, Pristipomoides, Sparopsis, and Platyinius of authors). It does 
not, however, seem to be very closely related to any of the other species 
known. 
Several other interesting species are in the collection of which these 
specimens form apart. The following list includes those which were 
taken from the stomachs of the snappers : 
Ophichthys schneidert Steindachner. 
The remains referred by us (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 260) to 
Ophichthys mordax belong to this species. It is doubtful whether 
O. punctifer (= mordax) has yet been taken on the United States 
coast. 
Leptocephalus caudicula (Bean) J. & G. 
Myrophis? microstigmius Poey (very bad condition). 
Etrumeus teres (Dekay) Bleecker. 
Synodus intermedius (Spix) Poey. | 
Ezxocetus mesogaster Bloch. (= HL. hillianus Gosse). 
Trichiurus lepturus L. 
Scomber colias Gmelin. 
Trachurus saurus Raf. 
Serranus philadelphicus (l.) J. & G. 
Aprion ariommus Jor. & Gilb. 
Platyglossus radiatus (L.) Jor. & Gilb. (=P. florealis J. & G.). 
Platyglossus caudalis (.) Giinther. 
Xyrichthys lineatus (Gmel.) J. & G. (nec C. & V.). 
Ophidium marginatum Dek. 
(=? Ophidium josephi Grd. ? O. graéllsi, Poey, nec Jor. & Gilb.). 
Emblemaria Bean, MSS. 
Opisthognathus lonchurus Jor. & Gilb. 
Hemirhombus petulus Bean. 
2. Ophidium beani sp. nov. (30868). 
= Ophidium graéllsi Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 31.) 
In our previous paper on the fishes of Pensacola, we referred two 
specimens (30868) of an Ophidiwm from the stomach of a red snapper to 
Ophidium graéilsi, of Poey, in spite of several important discrepancies. 
We have lately received from Pensacola a specimen of an Ophidium 
which agrees fully with Poey’s description, and which is evidently very 
different from the fish at first called graéllsi by us. This species we 
cannot distinguish from 0. marginatum Dekay (already known from 
Charleston) nor from O. josephi Girard, known from the coast of Texas. 
We may therefore provisionally consider 0. marginatum, O. josephi, and 
O. graéllsi as identical, while the fish called by us O. graéllsi may receivea 
