Putnam.] 370 [April 1, 



Nemophis Lessoni Kaup, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 168, and figure, 1858. 

 Also Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., p. 301, and figure, Oct., 1858. 

 Nemophidce. (Two specimens in Jardin des Plantes, 255 mm. 

 long. Locality unknown. Kaup overlooked the ventrals, and 

 his figure is not accurate in giving the commencement of the 

 dorsal, and in omitting the caudal.) 

 Nemophis lessonii Giinther, Cat. Fish., in, p. 296, 1861. Blenniidce. 



(After Kaup.) 

 Xiphogadus setifer Giinther, Cat. Fish, iv, p. 374, 1862. Ophidiidce. 

 (Based on Russell's figure, plate 39 ; and states that the speci- 

 men figured by Russell was 14 inches long, and from Vizaga- 

 patam, East Indies.) 

 Xiphasia trachypareia Bleeker, Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk., p. 194, 1864; 

 and with a plate in Versl. en Mededeel. Akad. Wet. Amsterd., 

 xvii, p. 193, 1865. Blenniidce. (The habitat of this specimen 

 is unknown. The figure probably represents an adult specimen 

 about 18 inches in length, and agrees very well with the young 

 specimens I have examined, except that Bleeker's figure repre- 

 sents the abdominal portion one-fourth longer in proportion to 

 the head than in my specimens, and the body as not constricted 

 back of the vent ; but these differences may be all owing to 

 age.) 

 Xipliogadus {trachypareia), Giinther, Zool. Record., i, p. 158, 1864 



(1865). Blenniidce. 



Nemophis sp. Gill., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., N. Y., vin, p. 140, note, 



1865. Nemophidce. (Mention of a specimen from Madagascar.) 



Xipliogadus madagascariensis Playfair, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 11, 1868. 



(The specimen, which is 11-| inches long, was taken from the 



stomach of a fish from the Mourounda River.) 



Nemophis, Giinther, Zool. Record, v, p. 150, 1868 (1869). Blenniidce. 



(The several described species of Nemophis and Xiphogadus are 



stated to be one, and Giinther mentions that he has examined 



nine examples obtained in various parts of the Indian Ocean.) 



Head obtuse, arched, flat between the orbits. Eyes large; the 



upper margin of the orbit forming the arch of the head ; diameter of 



the eye equal to the interorbital space, and to nearly one-third the 



length of the head. Mouth nearly horizontal, extending to beneath 



the front margin of the eye. Body just back of the vent slightly 



constricted, not as high as the front part of the abdominal portion, or 



as the head, and tapering gradually to the caudal fin. The width of 



