DECEMBER 15, 1899.] 
from the Barbadoes in 1848 in Schomburgk’s 
history of that island, was the West Indies 
to Key West and the west coast of Florida. 
Between August 30th and October 4th, 1899, 
nine small specimens of uniform size wer€ 
taken on five different days in Katama Bay. 
Teuthis hepatus Linneeus. SURGEON-FISH ; 
Tane ; LANCED-FISH. 
Teuthis ceruleus (Bloch & Schneider). 
Buvue SurGeon ; Brun Tane. 
Teuthis bahianus (Castlenau). BARBEIRO. 
These three species are recorded from 
Florida, the West Indies, and Brazil ; the 
first-named has been taken as far north as 
Charleston, 8. C. During August, Septem- 
ber and October, 1899, all of them were 
found in some numbers in Katama Bay, 
and about 50 specimens were obtained on 
seven different occasions. The last exam- 
ples were secured on October 4th, when the 
three species were represented in one seine- 
haul. About half the specimens are refer- 
able to the common species (7. hepatus). 
All the examples are small, although those 
last taken exhibit a slight increase in size 
compared with those caught early in Sep- 
tember. 
Lactophrys triqueter (Linneeus). TRUNK- 
FisH. This fish inhabits the West Indies, 
Florida, and the Bermudas, but has not been 
previously reported from Massachusetts, 
although the common trunk-fish, Lactophrys 
trigonus (Linneeus), has been known from 
the region for many years and is taken at 
Woods Hole every season. A number of 
small specimens of L. triqueter were obtained 
in 1899; several collected in 1897 and 
earlier years had been identified as LT. 
trigonus. 
Lactophrys tricornis (Linneeus). TRuN«K- 
FisH ; Cow-risH. This widely distributed 
species has been reported as far north on our 
coast as Chesapeake Bay, whence its range 
extends to the Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, 
Brazil and west Africa. Its occurrence in 
the Woods Hole region, in company with 
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the following species, was noted for the first 
time in September, 1899, when it was found 
on 4 or 5 occasions in Katama Bay. All of 
the specimens were small. On November 
6th, 1899, a fish 154 inches long was washed 
ashore at Cuttyhunk. 
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rut- , 
ter. Bur-risu. Described from Jamaica in 
1897 ; in 1868 cited from Cuba by Poey as 
‘©, fuliginosus or a doubtful species ;’ and 
not heretofore known from any other locali- 
ties. On September 7th, 1897, a small 
specimen was taken in Quisset Harbor, near 
Woods Hole. 
Scorpena plumiert Bloch. ScoRPION-FISH. 
This species, which is common from the 
Florida Keys to Brazil, has not been re- 
corded north of Key West. On seven days 
in August, September, and October, 1899, 
the fish was found at Woods Hole, and 20 
small specimens were taken. 
Scorpena grandicornis Cuvier & Valen- 
ciennes. ScorPIoN-FIsH ; Lion-risH. The 
normal range of this species is southern 
Florida to South America, in shallow water. 
One small example was secured in Katama 
Bay on September 29th. 
Hueu M. Smirn. 
U. S.. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
ZOOLOGY AT THE COLUMBUS MEETING OF 
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 
COLUMBUS MEETING, A. A. A. 8. 
Tur work of this Section showed a flat- 
tering increase of interest over recent years 
and a list of papers of more than usual 
value. The discussions were often ani- 
mated and general, and the effect of the 
meeting as a whole was to give a very en- 
couraging future for the Section. The ad- 
dress of the Vice-President, Professor S. 
H. Gage, of Ithaca, N. Y., was a very 
practical paper and the views expressed re- 
ceived very general concurrence. It has 
already been published in the columns of 
