168 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



October : 

 33181. Echeneis naucrates. 

 35168. Platyglossus radiatus. 

 36212. Pcecilichthys punctulatus. 

 36215. Hadropterus eymatogrammus, 

 35828. Ammocrypta clara. 

 36444. Ammocrypta vivax. 

 36523. Mieroperca fonticola (type). 



1314. Cottogaster putnamL 

 35853. Pcecilichthys gilberti. 

 35946. Anguilla. 

 34004. Nanostoma thalassinum. 

 36442. Etheostoma whipplei. 

 36214. Hadropterus nianguw. 

 36496. Hadropterus evides. 

 36446. Hadropterus scierus. 

 36139. Etheostoma luteocinctum. 

 35101. Scorpama grandicorfiis. 



November : 

 36448. Etheostoma histrio. 

 36413. Cottogaster uranidea. 

 34972. Platophrys nebularis. 

 36889. Ghirolophus polyactocephalus. 

 35103. Trisotropis venenosus. 

 34447. Antennarius annulatus. 

 21903. Limanda rostrata 1 

 30143. Chwtodon capistratus. 

 31975. Anoplopoma fimbria. 

 36911. Cyprinus carpio. 



December : 

 36053. Fundulus diaphanus. 

 36052. Fundulus heteroclitus. 

 36020. Gobiosoma alepidotum. 

 35001. Bceostoma inscriptus. 

 36922. Lutjanus synagris. 



During- the year forty- one papers, based upon material belonging to 

 the department, were published in the Proceedings for 1884. 



PRESENT STATE OF THE COLLECTION. 



The number of specimens now in the Museum is not definitely known, 

 but it is estimated to be about 68,000, divided as follows: (1) In the 

 reserve series, 36,000; (2) On exhibition, 20,000; (3) Duplicates about 

 12,000. 



The condition of the collection has been greatly improved by trans- 

 ferring the fishes from old tanks into new ones and into glass jars. 



