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near tip and a corresponding one on the 2 lower rays, the base of the 
wedge on outer ray; base of caudal with a i)ah* undulate vertical bar 
Ijordered in front by a black line. In spirits, pale green, the maroon 
markings faintly persistent, becoming dusky. 
Puerto Kico; known only from the type, 1.45 inches long, taken in the 
seine at Ponce, January 30, 1890, by the United States P'ish Commissiou 
expedition to Puerto Kico. (decoris, beautiful.) 
Dorafonotug decoris, Evek.maxn & Marsh. Ke]it. T'. S. Fisa (.'oiii. 1899 {Dec. 19, 189ft). 
3r>5, Mayagiiez, P. R. (Type, Xo. 49363. U..S.X.M. Coil. Everniauii Marsh.) 
Page 1720. specimen of Alntna monoceros (Osbeck) has recently been 
recorded by Dr. II. M. Smith from Woods Hole, in Bull. U. H. Pish Com. 
1S!)8 (1899), 273, pi. 64. 
Page 1733. Tetrodon nep/te/xs, Goode A.- Bean, is a good species distinct 
from T. spenghri, Bloch, and should stand as 
•2147 (a). SPHEHOIDKS .VEI'HELI S (Goode A. P.ean). 
Page 1968. To the .synonymy of Urauidea ijracilis (Heckel), add: 
Cottus gracilis cayuga, Meek, Ann. X. T. Ac. Sci., iv, 1888. 315. Cayuga Lake, N. Y. 
Page 2017. The recent studies of the tide-pool Cottoids of the Cali- 
fornia coast by Mr. Arthur W. Greeley have resulted in the discovery of 
some new species and genera and other additional information regarding 
this group of fishes. The following new species and genera are to be 
added : 
•2:{s4 (a). BLENXICOTTI S HE( .U.VES, Greeley. 
Head3j; eye 4| in head; snout 3; D. IX, 15 or 16; A. 11 or 12; P. 14. 
Body short, stout, broad anteriorly; the hea<l very broad, short and blunt; 
snout obtuse; interorbital space .5/6 eye, grooved, the groove leading into 
a depressed space behind the eyes; mouth distinctly terminal, the maxil- 
lary reaching a vertical below the anterior edge of orbit, the lower jaw 
included ; minute conical teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines ; nasal spines 
very small; no preopercular spine apparent in adults; edge of preopercle 
rounded; opercle ending in a rounded Hap; branchiostegals six, the mem- 
branes broadly united, free from the isthmus; gills 3|, a slit behiml the 
last gill. Dorsal fins very long, slightly joined at the base, origin of first 
dorsal directly over tip of opercle, that of soft dorsal in advance of origin 
of anal; first dorsal slightly rounded, the middle ray the longest; pecto- 
ral reaching origin of anal, membranes of Hrst seven rays ileejdy emargi- 
nate; ventrals reaching vent; anal papilla of male very large ; anal low, 
the membranes of all the rays except the last three deeply emarginate, 
none of the rays enlarged in the male; caudal short, slightly rounded. 
Cirri few and small, those of top of head joined at base in conspicuous 
bunches, two irregular occipital rows, a few below these on the side of 
head, and on the margins of preopercle and opercle; a few above origin 
of pectoral, and a weak row along the anterior third of the lateral line. 
Color of body, light brown, vermiculated with white, and marked dor- 
sally with 4 or 5 wedge-shai»ed sjmts of dark brown, edged with white, 
