exf.ondiiij;' ])eliiiid (lie orbit ol'tlie eVe. Tlio Idwef Jjiw sei'ms 

 longer than Hie u])per, ])iit it is in fact lot into it wlien tlie 

 nioutliis closed. Theliead is pale green al»u\e, wliite on the 

 sides; the IxrJy is pale silver-gray aliove, iir \vi(!i a laint 

 greenish tint, and silvery on the sides and belly. 



Fin-rays: I). 24: P. IS: \'. 1. :^: A. 17: ('. 2S. 



/•;. .^<inj'ii.s, L. 8yst. Nat. i, ]>. olS: jilocli, Taf. :VX], tig. 

 1: DeKay, New Vork Fauna, Fisli. ].. ^I'.T, pi. 41. lig. l:;i: 

 Cuv. and Val. XIX. )•. .'ICi."). 



— iiiiTiiiis, Mitrjiill. jjit. A- Fhil. Ti-ans. Xew Vmd:, I ]>. 

 44:>. 



I'bitej-s iMir large rivei's iVoiii tlu' salt waters of (Jliesai)eadce 

 Iniy, but seems to be (|iiite iiiieonimini. Speeinicns ]la^■e been 

 taken in the 8t. Mary's liiver. ( )iie Ironi Tangier Sonnd 

 nieasiu'ed 20 inches in length. 



A( A]>. ( 'oi.r. 



Li—DUSSUMIERI]).!'. 



1-:TRUMETj8, :iUeek. 



F. TERES. 



The Uomid ]ieri-in<i'. 



F)()dy elongated, cylindrical. Feiigth nf jn-ad to tho total 

 length as one to live (nearly). Scales, large, lonnd. aseend- 

 iag on the caudal (in. Head long a.nd poiided. with a, deep 

 furrow on tiie sunindt. ]"]yes an<l nmnth large, the latter 

 ])rotractile. Jiright silvei'y: darlcer abi>ve, with a tinge of 

 blue and yellow on the flanks; sides of the head metallic sil- 

 very, mixed with euprens. Dorsal and caudal tinged with 

 yellow: the remaining hns ti-ansparent, ieel)ly ]»unctated 

 with black. 



Fin-rays:— 1). JO: F. i:^: V. ](i; A. 12: ('. l!);;. 



E. tvrvi^, (xuentlier V^Il, ]>. IdT. 



Alosa teres, L)eKay, New York Fauna, Fish, p. 2(12, pi, 

 40. lig. 12S: l>aird, Ninth Kep. Smithsmi. Inst. 185."), p. 



