No. 421.] NOTES AND LITERATURE. 67 
Professor Gilbert L. Houser, of the University of Iowa, contributes 
to the Journal of Comparative Neurology (Vol. XI, No. 2) a valuable 
monograph on the ** Neurones of a Selachian," Mustelus canis, The 
anatomy of the nerve structures is given in great detail. Professor 
Houser shows commendable caution in refraining from “the tend- 
ency to elevate the results of specific methods into exclusive dogma.” 
He closes his paper with these remarks suggestive of Golgi: * The 
knowledge which we possess, either anatomical or physiological, is 
not yet such as to permit us to interpret with certainty the greater 
number of the facts discovered, much less to attempt doctrinal con- 
structions of a high order on the functional mechanism of the ner- 
vous elements." 
In the Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission Dr. Eigenmann 
gives a useful account of the development of certain eggs supposed 
to be those of the Conger. 
In the same Buletin Dr. Hugh M. Smith gives a list of species of 
fishes the young of which are borne to Woods Hole in the Gulf 
Stream. Four of these, Exonautes rondeleti, Ocyurus chrysurus, 
Scarus croicensis, and Sparisoma flavescens, had not been previously 
recorded to the north of Florida. Among the other tropical forms 
are Sardinia pseudohispanica, Mycteroperca bonaci, Mycteroperca vene- 
nosa, Lutianus apodus, Lutianus analis, Chetodon ocellatus, Chetodon 
bricet, Teuthis ceruleus, Teuthis hepatus, Teuthis bahianus, Lactophrys 
tricornis, and Scorpena plumieri. 
In the Annotationes Zoologica Japonenses (Vol. III, Pt. IV), Dr. C. 
Ishihawa describes and figures two new gudgeons, Leucogobio giin- 
theri and L. jordani. Both species belong to the rich fauna of Lake 
Biwa, the largest lake of Japan. 
In the Proceedings of the United States National Museum (Vol. 
XXIV) Jordan and Starks give an account of the anatomy of Apha- 
reus, a Polynesian genus of “red snappers," rare in collections. 
In the Proceedings of the United States National Museum (Vol. 
XXIV) Jordan and Starks give an account of the Atherinidz, or 
silver-sides, found in the waters of Japan. Five species are enu- 
merated, four of them being new. Two new genera, Atherion and 
Iso, are chamoterised, : D. s. L 
Zoitogy | of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. — The 
epu b ecu one Su Gardiner in the Maldive and 

