170 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



John A. Ryder. Devolopmeub of.tlie spines of the auterior dorsal of Gastcrosteua 

 and Lophius. 



Am. Naturalist, April, 1885, p. 415. 



John A. Ryder. On the position of the yolk-hlastopore as determined by the size 

 of the viteUus. 



Am. Nat, April, 1885, pp. 411-415. 



.ToiiN A. Ryder. The life history of the oyster. 



Ike Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, i, part iv, pp. 711-758, jjlate 259. 



P. L. SCLATER. On the Mnscicapiue genus Cliaslempis. 

 The Ibis, fifth series, iii, pp. 17-19, pi. 1. 



Chasiempis sclateri, Eidgw., the types of which belong to the Ifational Museum collection, is 

 figured OQ plate i. It is supposed to be the female of G. sandwichensis, the male of which ia 

 also figured on the same plate. 



R. W. Shufeldt. Variations in the form of the beak, that take iilace during its 

 growth, in the short-tailed Albatross, Diomedea hracliyura. 

 The Auk., ii, pp. 175-178. Four outline figures. 



Sidntcy I. Smith. Description of a new crustacean allied to Homnrus and Neplirops. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. viii, June 1, 1885, pp. 167-170. 



This form, "which is new both generically and specifically, has been named Eunephrojis 

 Bairdii. It was taken by the U. S. Fish Commis.slon steamer Albatross in the Gulf of Darien, 

 Caribbean Sea, in 1884, at a depth of 155 fathoms. But a single specimen, a female, was 

 obtained. 



Sidney I. Smith. On some genera and species of Fenwida;, mostly from recent dredg- 

 ings of the United States Fish Commission. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., viii, June 1, 1885, pp. 170-190. 



The following genera are defined : 



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Penmus Fabr. (restricted) 170 



Parapenceus, gen. nov 170 



Hymenopenceus Smith 179 



Solenocera Lucas 185 



Xiphopeneus Smith 188 



And the following new species are described: 



Parapenceus megalops 172 



Parapenceus Goodei 176 



Hymenopenceus rohustus 180 



Hymenopenceus modestus 183 



Many additional species, of older date, are described at some length. 



Sidney I. Smith. On some new or little known decapod Crustacea, from recent 

 Fish Commission dredgings off the east coast of the United States. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1884 (1885), pp. 493-511. 

 Two new genera .are described, viz: 



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Fphyrina 500 



Fenthoneetes 509 



And the following new species : 



Munidopsis crassa 494 



" similis 496 



Bythocaris gracilis '. 497 



" nana ■ 499 



Acanthephyra inicrophthahna 502 



" brevirostris •. 504 



Ephyrina Benedicti 506 



Bcnthoncctes fdipes 509 



Rosa Smith. Notes oa fishes collected at San Cristobal, Lower California, by Mr. 

 Charles H. Townsend, assistant, U. S. Fish Commis.sion. 

 Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., vii, February IC, 1885, pp. 551-553. 



