Garman.] 202 [December 1, 



continent, where he believed therefore that V. cardui was 

 really indigenous. 



Dr. Chas. Pickering observed that V. cardui was not 

 found in the Hawaiian Islands at the time of his visit in 

 1840, and probably not in Tahiti. 



Dr. J. B. S. Jackson exhibited, and presented, a portion of 

 a tree trunk from the submarine forest at Provincetown. 



The following paper was read : — 



Notes ox some Fishes and Reptiles from the Western 

 Coast of South America. By S. W. Garman. 



The specimens from which the following notes are taken were col- 

 lected at different points along the coast from Peru to New Grenada. 



The collection was made for Mr. Alex. Agassiz, and by him given 

 to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. It is especially interesting 

 on account of the representatives of recently described and new 

 species it contains. 



Fishes. 



Gobius transandeanus GUnther. 



Eighteen specimens were obtained at San Jose, one of the Pearl 

 Islands. They were found to be numerous in the pools left by the 

 tide on the shores. 



Batrachus pacifici Gunther. 



One specimen from the island San Miguel. When removed from 

 its hiding-place, under a rock on the beach some distance above low 

 tide, the animal grunted so lustily as to be heard at a distance of a 

 couple of rods. 



Thalassophryne reticulatus Gunther. 



From the Bay of Panama. Presented by the well known natura- 

 list, Capt. J. M. Dow. 



Atherinichthys mierolepidota Gunther. 



Coast of Peru. 



Mugil Rammelsbergii Tschudi. 



The two preceding are very common species on the Peruvian 

 coast. They were the most abundant fishes in the market during the 

 months of December and January. 



