REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 
tink, Turopore. Holothurian names. 
Science (n. s.), XXviI, No. 658, 
Aug. 9, 1907, pp. 185, 186. 
Apropos of The Holothurians of 
the Hawaiian Islands, by Walter Ix. 
Fisher, it is shown that the first in- 
clusion of holothurians, so called, 
in the genus Holothuria was pub- 
lished in the twelfth edition of the 
Systema Naturae. In the tenth edi- 
tion only the Portuguese man-of- 
war and three species of Ascidians | 
were included. The name Holothuria 
should be confined to the first and 
replace Physalia, while for the typ- 
ical holothurians should be revived 
the name Bohadschia of Jiiger and 
Bohadschiidae should be used as the 
family name. 
Diemyctylus or Notophthalmus 
as names of a salamander. 
Science (n. s.), xxvi, No. 660, 
Aug. 23, 1907, p. 256. 
In his Herpetology of Japan and 
adjacent territory Dr. L. Stejneger 
adopted the name Diemyctylus and 
was unable to give the etymology. 
It is demonstrated that Notoph- 
thalmus should be used instead of 
Diemyctylus and the etymologies of 
the two names are given. 
—— Stone-gathering fishes. 
Am, Naturalist, xu1, No. 
July, 1907, pp. 468, 469. 
An article on ‘‘ Chubs’ nests,’’ by 
A. W. G. Wilson, is referred to 
and the evidence as to the species 
(Semotilus or NS. atro- 
maculatus) claimed to make _ the 
nests compared. : 
487, 
corporalis 
The Coracinus of Josephus. 
Palestine Bapl. Fund, Quart. 
Statement, Oct., 1907, p. 517. 
The Coracinus identified with 
a Tilapia. 
is 
Systematic Zoology : 
ress and purpose. 
Science (n. s.), Xxvi, No. 668, 
Oct. 18, 1907, pp. 489-505. 
Its prog- 
—  —The Millers-thumb and its 
habits. 
Smithsonian Mise. Colls., Lit, 
Quar. issue, Pt. 1, No. 1801, 
June 18, 1908, pp. 101-115, 
figs. 26-39. 
An aecount of the Cottus gobia 
and related species is given with 
relation to (1) its systematic posi- 
tion, (2) the characteristics of the 
subfamily Cottinae and genus Cottus, 
the popular names, (3) specific and 
sexual distinctions, (4-5) habits in 
general, (6) sexual relations and 
121 
| Ginn, THEOpORE—Continued. 
propagation, (7) embryology and 
growth, and (8S) uses and injuries. 
An appendix gives results of exam- 
ination of 50 specimens with refer- 
ence to numbers of rays. It is 
shown that there is variation in 
the number of ventral rays (3 or 4) 
and that the Pegedictis 
(Rafinesque) was not a Cottus, but 
Etheoctoma flabellare. 
ictalops 
| Herre, ALBERT CHRISTIAN. (See under 
| David Starr Jordan.) 
JORDAN, DAvip STARR, and DICKERSON, 
Mary Cynruia. Notes on a collec 
tion of fishes from the Gulf of Mex- 
| ico, at Vera Cruz and Tampico. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXIV, 
No. 1592, Apr. 6, 1908, pp. 
11—22) fies:-1). 2; 
Bairdiella verae-crucis is deseribed 
| as new. 
—_— —— Description of a new 
species of halfbeak, Hemiramphus 
mioprorus, from Nagasaki, Japan. 
Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., -XXXIv, 
No. 1602, Apr. 25, 1908, pp. 
111-112, one fig. 
and Herre, ALBERT CHRISTIAN. 
A review of the Cirrhitoid fishes of 
Japan. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXIIl, 
No. 1562, Oct.” 23, 1907, pp. 
157-160. figs: 1 2: 
new Tsobuna, de- 
One is 
scribed. 
genus, 
—and RICHARDSON, ROBERT EARL. 
On a collection of fishes from Ech- 
igo, Japan. 
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., XXXIIlI, 
No. 1570, Dec. 12, 1907, pp. 
263-266, figs. 1-3. 
Three new species, Lefua  echi- 
gonia, Pallasina eryngia, and Chloéa 
nakamurae are described. 
Description of a 
species of killifish, Lucania browni, 
hew 
from a hot spring in Lower Cali- 
fornia. 
Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., XXXIII, 
No. 1572, Dec. 24, 1907, pp. 
319-321, 1 fig. 
— A review of the flat- 
heads, gurnards, and other mail- 
cheeked fishes of the waters of 
Japan. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXIItT, 
No. 1581, Feb. 28, 1908, pp. 
629-670, figs. 1--9. 
