PISCES rahe 
posed by Jordan, Proc. U.S.M. xxxii., 1907, p. 238. The first 
use of the name Pentaceros for a starfish by Schultze, 1760, is 
nonbinomial, according to Dr. Walter K. Fisher.’’ These authors 
therefore use Pentacerotidae as the name of the family. 
In his review of the Histiopterid Fishes of Japan, Jordan?? 
has supplied a useful key to all the genera of the family. The 
genera as applied to Australasian species are :— 
Zanclistius gen. nov. for H. elevatus Ramsay and Ogilby. 
~ Richardsonia Castelnau for H. labiosus Giinther and H. 
farnelli Waite. 
- Pentaceropsis Steindachner for H. recurvirostris Richardson. 
The two species first named are found in New Zealand waters. 
MACCULLOCHIA Waite, 1910. 
_ Maccullochia gen. nom. nov. Waite, Proc. N.Z. Inst., 1910, p. 25. 
This name was proposed to replace Richardsonia, applied by 
Castelnau to Histiopterus labiosus Giinther in 1872. Richard- 
sonia was first used by Steindachner in 1866 for Argentina 
retropinna, and is not therefore available for this family. The 
name Maccullochia is applied in recognition of the esteem in 
which I hold my former pupil, Mr. A. R. McCulloch, now 
Zoologist Australian Museum, Sydney. The type of the genus 
is M. labiosa Giinther. 
Respecting this species Mr. McCulloch, who is examining thre 
fishes collected on the Federal trawler ‘‘Endeavour,’’ tells me 
that he has a large series, and notwithstanding the differences 
exhibited by the type of H. farnelli, he finds every link connect- 
ing it with H. labiosus, of which it proves to be the young. The 
name therefore becomes a synonym of Giinther’s species. 
Family CHKPOLIDA. 
CEPOLA Linneus, 1766. 
CEPOLA AOTEA Waite. 
Banp FIsH. 
Plate XLIV. 
Cepola aotea Waite, Proc. N.Z. Inst., 1910, p. 26. 
Stations 89, 95. 
B, vi; D. 74: A. 69) Voi. 9, P20: C..6:-- 4. 
Length of head 9.8, height of body 12.6, in the length; 
diameter of eye 3.0, interorbital width 6.0, and length of snout 
