Miscellaneous. 3ll 
is the nurse of the pollen; and it may also be the reservoir from 
which the cells of the second membrane derive the nutriment neces- 
sary for their rapid transformation.—Comptes Rendus, January 15, 
1866, pp. 126-130. 
New Fishes from the Iberian Peninsula. 
By Dr. SrEINDACHNER. 
Barbus Graelsii, Steind. 
Form elongate, subcylindrical ; length of head contained 43-53 
times in the total length ; dorsal fin without a serrated bony ray ; 
anal and caudal fins long-rayed ; both pairs of barbels long, the pos- 
terior reaching or passing the posterior margin of the preeoperculum. 
8-9 
D. 4/8; A. 3/5-6; V. 2/8; L. lat. 48-50. 
5 
From the Ebro and the rivers about Bilbao. 
Leucos Arcassii, Steind. 
Body elongated ; head rounded off in front, small; depth about 
one-fifth of the total length. 
7-8 
D. 3/7; A. 3/7; L. lat. 42-46. 
4 
In the Ebro, near Logrofio, and the Cailes near Tudela. 
Chondrostoma Miegii, Steind. 
Nose short, obtuse; orifice of mouth semicircular; pharyngeal 
teeth six on the right and seven on the left side, rarely six on both 
sides ; a bluish-grey longitudinal band above the lateral line. 
9-10 
D. 3/8; A. 3/9; V. 1/83 L. lat. 50-53. 
: Hi-5t 
In the Ebro and the rivers about Bilbao.—Bericht der Akad. der 
Wiss. in Wien, 1866, pp. 14 & 15. 
New Fishes from South America. 
By Dr. SrernpacHNER 
Pentaceros Knerii, Steind. 
Dorsal with fourteen spines ; forehead not crested; body spotted 
with blackish brown. 
Ancylodon altipinnis, Steind. 
Depth contained 44 times in the total length; dorsals united by a 
narrow membrane ; first dorsal with ten spines, 
