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nide is considerably modified from that adopted by the same au- 
thor in his monograph of the group published in 1861, so that the 
nera are nearly the same as used by Stimpson Callinectes is 
admitted but all the forms described by Ordway are reduced to 
varieties of a single species and a number of new varieties are 
describe e old name diacanthus is restored for the polymor- 
_ species thus painaieaked: but the varietal names are printe 
the same way as the specific, so that nder the species ‘ Cal- 
linetes ni” ahiah ” we have the variety “ Callinectes diacanthus 
(Ord ;” which is certainly confusing. Cronius is adopted 
but esha is still retained under Neptunus. The Canceriens 
as far as treated include 13 genera and 29 species; 2 genera and 
I species are new, and 19 species are figure 
The plates are admirable and are crowded with pee ‘excellent 
figures, of which several are usually given for each species. Some 
of the plates on which the larger of the species are higrennied 
are lithographic and two of these in the sixth part are colored, but 
the great majority of the plates are engraved in the ies manner 
on metal. . I. SMITH. 
Az: Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Report of the 
Commission for 1877. Part V. Washington, 1879. 8vo. 981 
pp., numerous plates. —This volume includes i in the general report 
of Professor S. F. Baird, the Commissioner, a statement of the 
results accomplished both in the way of e exploration and in the 
propagation and introduction of food-fishes, and the participation 
of the Commission in the Fishery Convention at Halifax. Several 
hundred pages are occupied by a thorough history of the men- 
haden and the fisheries and manufactories dependent upon it, by 
r. G. Brown oode, | mong the other papers is one by Karl 
fisheries of Norway, by G. O. Sars; several reports on the arti- 
ficial propagation of various fishes; on the Miller Cassella ther- 
mometer, by Commander L. A. Beardslee ; on artificial mgt 2, 
ad John Gamgee 
3. American Fisheries. A History of the Menhaden, be G. 
“soe Goong, with an account of the ee Ba rea Uses of Fish; 
by WW. 0. Arwarnr. 8vo. 529 pp., 30 plates. New York: 
Orange Jud dd Company, 1880.—This is a separate edition of Mr. 
Goode’s report, included in the preceding, with additions bringing 
the aie down to date. 
. The Chinch Bug ose asoee’ ap waceriny Tits history, chara 
injuries; by Cyrus Tuomas, Ph.D. Wit a map show tbe 
distribution. 44 pp. Washington, 1879 (U. S$. ietcoseol yhoo 
Commission, Bulletin No. 5). 
