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The names of the bones follow, in general, those of Starks (1901), 

 with the following exceptions (Stark's name followed by the name 

 herein employed): prefrontal/lateral ethmoid; opisthotic/intercalar; 

 aUsphenoid/pterosphenoid ; pterygoid/ectopterygoid ; glossohyal/basi- 

 hyal; basihyal/dorsal and ventral hypohyals; preorbital/lachrymal; 

 suborbitals/circumorbitals; supraclavicle/supracleithrum; clavicle/clei- 

 thrum; postclavicle/postcleithrum; hypercoracoid/scapula; hypocora- 

 coid/coracoid; actinosts/radials; pelvic bone/pelvis; abdominal verte- 

 brae/precaudal vertebrae; neurapophyses/nem-al arches; haemapo- 

 physes/haemal arches; rib/pleural; internem*als and interhaemals/ 

 proximal pterygiophores. 



Material 



Material (cleared and stained unless otherwise indicated) of Blen- 

 niidae is listed below alphabetically by genus. The identifications to 

 some extent are ad hoc. For most species, specimens to be cleared and 

 stained were selected from large cataloged lots. Thus, usually enough 

 unstained material remains to allow for future reidentifi cation. Most 

 of the generic names employed are those that are found coupled with 

 the specific epithet in recent literature; however, some allocations of 

 species to genera are made herein for the first time. I do not specially 

 signify these new allocations. (While the USNM catalog numbers are 

 correct, the names given here may be different from those given in 

 the catalog records. This is the result of the presently insurmountable 

 task of having material recataloged.) I have attempted to cover a 

 wide range of material, and although the number of generic names 

 used (41) is relatively few, I believe the actual number represented 

 will be significantly greater when the genera and species are better 

 known. I have also drawn upon, but not included in the material 

 lists, information on a large number of noncleared and stained speci- 

 mens of the same and of many additional species. This information is 

 taken from radiographs of the specimens, the literature, or my own 

 examinations, including dissections. 



Measurements are standard lengths in millimeters unless indicated 

 otherwise. 



Alticus saliens (Forster): USNM 115446, 2 males (42.0-61.9), female (48.3), 

 Tutuila Id., Samoa. 



Andamia heteroptera (Bleeker): USNM 137769, 2 males (39.7-49.1), female 

 (52.9), Maculabo Id., Philippine Ids. 



Antennahlennius velifer Smith: USNM 200205, 2 males (44.3-59.6), Astola Id., 

 West Pakistan. 



Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy and Gaimard: USNM 200339, female (67.5), 

 Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Ids.; USNM 142228, male (90.4), Rongerik Atoll, 

 Marshall Ids. 



