506 Zoological Society. 



Gymnetrus remipes, Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 482. t. 88, altered 



from Ascanius; copied by Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 

 Reyalec Glesne, Lacep. ii. 214, 215. 



Gymnetrus Ascanii, Shaw, Zool. iv. ii. 1. 1. cop. from Ascanius. 

 Le Gymnetre Glesne, Valenciennes, Hist. Poissons, x. 365 & 366. 



From the figure of the Newlyn specimen. 



2. Gymnetrus Grillii, Lindroth, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 



1798, 288. t. 8 (from a dry fish) ; Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 482 ; 

 Valenciennes, Hist. Poissons, x. 370. 



3. Le Gymnetrus Banksii, Valenciennes, Hist. Poissons, x. 365. 



From the letter respecting the Filey specimen. 



4. Ceil Conin = Gymnetrus Haw kenii, Couch, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 



77. part.; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 221. part. From the Newlyn 

 specimen (not Bloch, Ich. xii. t. 423?). 



5. Gymnetrus Northumbricus (Hancock's MSS. ?), 1849. 

 Gymnetrus ? Marten in Jacobs' s Account of Rare Fish, 1849, 



p. 10. 



6. Sea Serpent, Ladies' Newspaper, 12th May, 1849. 



M. Valencienes, by mistake, thinks that Ascanius described this 

 fish first as Reyalecus, and then as an Ophidium, but 1766 comes 

 before 1772. The specific name of Glesne is derived from the name 

 of the place on which the fish was found, near Bergen in Norway. 



The generic name of Regalecus, characterized in 1772, has the un- 

 doubted priority over Gymnetrus of Schneider, and therefore ought 

 to be used ; neither are quite unexceptionable, the one being a mix- 

 ture of Greek and Latin, and the latter as conveying a false cha- 

 racter, for the fish has ventral fins ; but I think it is not desirable to 

 change names which have once been used for such reasons, though 

 it is well to avoid giving names having the first objection, and the 

 second should always be avoided. 



The Banksian copy of Pennant is very valuable to the British zoo- 

 logist, and contains, besides the figures and letters here referred to, 

 some shorter notes, the titles of which I here give, as they may be 

 of use to persons residing at a distance from the library. 



Vol. I. Aylmer Bourke Lambert, letter on the Irish Wolf Dog. 



P. 224. Note on Grouse. 



P. 346. Mr. Pearson of Newport Street, account of keeping Swal- 

 lows through the winter. 



Letter from James Hervey of Manchester, on the arrival of 

 Swallows. 



P. 352 List of indigenous Mammalia and Birds that are wanting 

 to the British Museum, by W. E. Leach, M.D. 



The price of Heronshaws in 1556. 



A Fenman's List of the Fowls found in the East Fen. 



Vol. II. p. 357. Letter from T. J. Woodward of Walcot, respecting 

 the Heron with the crest. 



Vol. III. p. 109. — 1 . A figure of a short Sun-fish, inscribed " Por- 

 trait of a Sun-fish for Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., from his obliged and 

 humble serv 1 Richard Brocklesby." 



