
No. 458.) NOTES AND LITERATURE. 97 
In the Report of the Illinois Fish Commission for 1902, Mr. 
Thomas Large gives a useful list of the fishes of Illinois, with 
analytical keys and notes on the different species. 
In the Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum (Vol. 27) 
Jordan and Snyder describe new species of fishes from Hawaii as 
follows: Brachysomophis henshawi, Ariomma lurida, Lactoria 
schlemmeri, Antennarius laysanius, and Apogon evermanni. A num- 
ber of other species are added to the fauna of theislands. Ariomma 
is a new genus, apparently allied to Apogon. 
In the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (Vol. 
17) Dr. H. M. Smith describes a small eel found in the deep 
waters south of Nomans Land. Itis entirely black and with the 
eyes wholly hidden. Otherwise it is quite similar to the common eel. 
Dr. Smith calls it Anguilla ceca. 
In the Zroceedings of the Scientific Society of Christiania for 
1904, Dr. Collett describes four new species of deep-sea fishes 
from the Faro& Islands. These are Ætmopterus princeps, Pris- 
tiurus murinus, Chimera mirabilis, and Halargyreus affinis. The 
Chimæra is made the type of a new subgenus called Bathyalopex, 
‘having the anal united with the caudal. The Japanese species 
mitsukurii would belong to this group, which is, however, scarcely 
entitled to distinctive rank. 
In the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Har- 
vard College (Vol. 46, No. ı) Dr. Eastman gives a very inter- 
esting account of the history of the fish collections from Monte 
Bolca in Tuscany. A fine collection of these fishes is now in the 
Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Dr. Eastman gives the synonymy 
of the principal species in this collection, with descriptions and fig- 
ures of the most important species. The new generic name Histio- 
notophorus is proposed for a Lophioid form and a new species of 
Pygzus, P. agassizi, is described and figured. The species called 
Symphodus szajnoche doubtless represents a new genus of Labridz, 
and the so-called Caranx primevus should also represent a new 
genus even more Trachurus-like than Trachurus itself. 
In the American Journal of Science (Vol. 18, No. 104), Dr. 
Eastman discusses theappendages of Asterolepis. He regards these 
paddles as not homologous with the pectoral fins of the true fishes, 
his view being opposed to that recently put forth by Mr. Regan. ` 
