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This shows the affinity of the black-striped fish with the Glesne of 

 Ascanius and the S. Grillii of Lindroth, and I have no doubt that 

 the slight dilatation at the end of the ventral fins in his figure is a 

 mere enlargement of the membranous fringes above described. 



The following appear to be the synonyma of this species : — 



Regalecus Glesne. 



1. Ophidium Glesne, Ascanius, Mem. Soc. Copenh. iii. 419. 

 Regalecus Glesne, Ascanius, Icon. ii. t. 11. cop. E. M. t. 358; 



J. J. (J. Jacob), An account of the rare fish, &c. 8vo, 1849, 



figures Illustrated London News, June 2, 1849, p. 384 fig. 

 Regalecus remipes, Brunnich in Nya Saml. iii. 414. t. 13. f. 4, 5 ; 



copied by Walbaum, t. 3. f. 4. 

 Gymnetrus remipes, Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 482. t. 88, altered 



from Ascanius; copied by Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 

 Regalec Glesne, Lacep. ii. 214, 215. 



Gymnetrus Ascaiiii, Shaw, Zool. iv. ii. 1. t. cop. from Ascanius. 

 Le Gymnetre Glesne, Valenciennes, Hist. Poissons, x. 365 & 366. 



From the figure of the Newlyn specimen. 



2. Gymnetrvs Grillii, Lindroth, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 



1798, 288. t. 8 (from a dry fish) ; Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 482 ; 

 Valencieimes, Hist. Poissons, x. 3/0. 



3. Le Gymnetrus Banksii, Valenciennes, Hist. Poissons, x. 365. 



From the letter respecting the Filey specimen. 



4. Ceil Conin = Gymnetrus Rawhensii, Couch, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 



17. part.; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 221. part. From the Newlyn 

 specimen (not Bloch, Ich. xii. t. 423?). 



5. Gy?Mwe^n<5 A^o/'MiM«6?7'cM5 (Hancock's MSS. ?), 1849. 

 Gymnetrus ? Marten in Jacobs's Account of Rare Fish, 1849, 



p. 10. 



6. Sea Serpent, Ladies' Newspaper, 12th May, 1849. 



M. Valencienes, by mistake, thinks that Ascanius described this 

 fish first as Regalecus, and then as an Opliidium, but 1 766 comes 

 before 1772. The specific name of Glesne is derived from the name 

 of the place on which the fish was found, near Bergen in Norway. 



The generic name oi Regalecus, characterized in 1772, has the un- 

 doubted priority over Gymnetrus of Schneider, and therefore ought 

 to be used ; neither are quite unexceptionable, the one bemg a mix- 

 ture of Greek and Latm, and the latter as conveying a false cha- 

 racter, for the fish has ventral fins ; but I think it is not desirable to 

 change names which have once been used for such reasons, though 

 it is well to avoid giving names having the first objection, and the 

 second should always be avoided. 



The Banksian copy of Pennant is very valuable to the British zoo- 

 logist, and contains, besides the figures and letters here referred to, 

 some shorter notes, the titles of which I here give, as they may be 

 of use to persons residing at a distance from the library. 



Vol. I. Ayhner Bourke Lambert, letter on the Irish Wolf Dog. 



P. 224. Note on Grouse. 



