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gentleman from the Pacific Coast of Central America was published in the Society's 

 ' Proceedings ' for 18G1 (Nov. 26) ; it contained fourteen species, ten of which were new. 



In the following year the 4th volume of the ' Catalogue of Fishes ' was published, 

 containing the descriptions of those species of Pharyngognaths and Anacanthines wliich 

 had arrived from our travellers, who were then engaged in collecting. 



In the year 1863 Mr. Gill published a descriptive enumeration of a collection of 

 " Fishes from the western coast of Central America, presented to the Smithsonian 

 Institution by Capt. J. M. Dow." He distinguished in it the following twenty-five 

 species, of which I consider eighteen to have been new to science (Proc. Ac. Nat, Sc. 

 Philad. 1863, p. 162):— 



1. I)ia2)terus dowii, s]}. n.= Gerres dovii. 



2. Pomacanthodes zonipectus. Gill. 



3. Centropomus armatus, sp. n. 



4. Epinephelus analogus, sp.n.=SerranHS analogies. 



5. Promicropterus decoratus, sp. n.-=Ithypjticus decoratus. 



6. JBairdiella armata, s]).n. = C'orvina annata. 



7. Ophioscion typicus, sp.n.^Corvina ophiosdon. 



8. Amhlyscion argenteus, sp. n. 



9. Caranjc panamensis, Gi]l,:=Caranx speciosus (Forsk.). 



10. Carangoides dorsalis, sp. n. 



11. Carangus marginatus, Gt1\,= Caranx hippos, L., var. 



12. Oligopilites inornatus, sp. n.—C'horinemus inornatus. 



13. Pxoccetus dowii, sp. n. 



14. alUdactylws, sp. n. "?=-£. hahimsis (Ranz.). 



15. Upeneus grandisquamis, sp. n. 



16. TricMdion opercularis, sp. u..=Polynemus opercularis. 



17. approxi.mans = Polyiiemus approximans (Lay & Benn.). 



18. Mugil gumtherii, Gill,=ilf. brasiliensis (Agass.). 



1 9. Batrachoides pacifici=. Batrachus pacifici (Gthr.). 



20. Dormitator microphtlialmus. Gi]],=Meotris maculata (BL). 



21. Leptanus dowii, s^.n.-=Arius dovii. 



22. Sciades troschelii, s]).n. =Arius troschelii. 



23. ^lurichthys panamensis, sp. n. 



24. Atractosteus tropicus, sp. n.-=Lepidosteus tropicus. 



25. TJrotrygon mundus, sp. n. 



At later periods Mr. Gill has described some other species incidentally, which will be 

 referred to in the general list. 



A small collection made by Prof. M. Wagner on the Isthmus of Panama, between 

 7° and 9° lat. N., and 77° and 83° long. W., was examined by Messrs. Kner & Stein- 



