68 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vor. XXXIV. 
37. “ Algae of the Pribilof. Islands," by Dr. W. A. Setchell  Thirty- 
eight species noted. 
Many of these papers deserve more extended notice or review, but 
this note may serve as an index to them. D.S.-I 
Fishes of the Potomac River. — In the United States Fish Com- 
mission Bulletin for 1898, Dr. Hugh M. Smith and Mr. Barton A. 
Bean give a valuable list of the fishes found in the waters of the 
District of Columbia, with notes on their distribution. Eighty-one 
species are enumerated. Ber 
The Reappearance of the Tilefish. — In May, 1879, Captain 
Kirby, of Gloucester, discovered in the deep waters south of Nan- 
tucket a very remarkable fish, brilliantly colored and of high value 
as food. This fish was described by Goode and Bean as Lopholatilus 
chameleonticeps, and the common name of the tilefish was suggested 
by Dr. Goode. This name alludes to its tile-like coloration, being 
also an available syllable of Lopholatilus, its scientific name. In 
1882 vast numbers of tilefish were killed by a cold storm, and were 
found floating in the Gulf Stream. Since that time the species has 
not been seen until 1897 and 1898. The explorations of the Gram- 
pus under the auspices of the United States Fish Commission show 
that the species now occupies its original range, having recovered 
from the partial extermination of 1882. A full record of these 
investigations is given by Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus in the Bulletin of 
the United States Fish Commission for 1898. D. S.J. 
The Nervous System of the Bony Fishes. — Dr. C. Judson Her- 
rick, of Denison University, contributes to the Bulletin of the United 
States Fish Commission for 1898 a valuable study of the peripheral 
nervous system in bony fishes. DAT 
A Filefish New to the United States. — Dr. Hugh M. Smith, in 
the Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1898, describes 
and figures a species of filefish new to the waters of the United 
States, and which he refers to A/utera monoceros, a species of the 
Indian Ocean and tropical Pacific. The specimen was taken at 
Woods Holl by Mr. Vinal N. Edwards, and is evidently like so many 
others found in this locality, a straggler brought from the West Indies 
by the Gulf Stream. 
