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20. Lumpenus asiguillaris (Pallas.) Girard. 



San Francisco to Belliugham Bay (Cooper) ; Bellingham 

 Bay ^Suckley); Puget Sound (Jordan & Gilbert) ; 

 coast of Alaska at least as far north as Saint Michael's 

 and westward along the Aleutians ; Kamtckatka 

 (Pallas) ; Eastern Siberia (Bean). 



The young, apparently of this species, was taken at 

 Belcher Point, Arctic Ocean, August 27, 1880, by 

 Dall & Bean. 



29802. Sitka, Alaska, September 13, 1881. Capt. H. E. Nichols. 



21. NotogramniBts rothrockii Bean. 



Arctic Alaska and Eastern Siberia. 



The species is known only from specimens not longer 



than 35 millimeters, which are probably young. It 



is sufficiently common in the regions where it was 



observed. 



27573. Cape Eisburrie, Arctic Ocean, August 21, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



XIPHISTERIDJE. 



22. Muraenoides orraatus (Girard) Gill. 



Centronotus Iwtus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIII, 1873, p. 27. 



Puget Sound to Alaska, known to be abundant around 

 the Gulf of Alaska and the whole Aleutian chain j 

 not yet recorded farther north than the Bristol Bay 

 region. 



27916. Iliuliuk, Unalaslika, August 2, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



23. Xiphister cliirus Jordan & Gilbert. 



Monterey Bay and Puget Sound (Jor. & Gilb.); Aleu- 

 tian Islands. 



Known from Alaska by only a few individuals which 

 are more elongate than typical X. cliirus and may 

 eventually be considered as representing a distinct 

 species. 



- 23958. Adakb, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



24. Xiphister rupestris Jor. & Gilb. 



Monterey Bay (Jor. & Gilb.); Puget Sound (Jor. & 

 Gilb.) ; Vancouver Island to Southeastern Alaska. 

 Not yet received here from farther north than Sitka. 



32407. Alert Bay, Alaska, February, 1882. Dr. Wm. Jones. 



25. Anoplarchus atropurpureus (Kittlitz) Gill. 



Monterey Bay and Puget Sound (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Van- 

 couver Island and Fraser's Eiver (Giinther) ; tho 

 coast and islands of Alaska north to Norton Sound. 

 29820. Atka Island, Alaska, June 11, 1879. L. M. Turner. 



