No. 485] NOTES AND LITERATURE 



341 



In a paper on "Rare or little known Scombroids, No. Mr, 

 Fowler proposes the new subgenus Pampanoa ior 1 raclnnofiis (//a urns, 



Mr. l-owlcr 111 I his jiiid oilier papers adopts the generic names of 



'riie.se names, ni liis view, become available, because Walbaum in 1792 

 reprinted them all with their diagnoses, although not adopting them 

 or in any way reinforcing them. In the judgment of most writers, 

 a name published before Ivinnanis does not accpiire validitv bv a reprint 



should be made. 



sosteus or Lepidosteus, Brauia will replace Ahrami.s, and (>lanni.s 

 Lichia. 



A review of various genera of Soutli Amencan Characins is given 

 bv Mr. Fowler, as also series of useful notes on fishes of Pennsylvania. 



In the Bulletin of George ^\ ashington Ijniversity, vol. I, 19()6, Dr. 

 Theodore Gill tells "the remarkable story of a Greek fish, the Glanis," 

 {Parasdums arhstotelis). This species was known to Anstotle, but 

 modern authors have, with a few exceptions, overlooked its existence. 



In the Smithsonian Report toi !<)()) l)r Theodou Gill giM^ an 

 interesting review ot our knowliM !<:■(■ ot Parental ( are amoiii: 1-resh 

 Water Fishes." The literature of ihi. Mil.jeei i> fiillv di^eusM'.l. 



In the Zoologischer Anzeiirer, Hr. L. l?eii:- (li>( ii»e> ilie fish, -, 

 of Lake Baikal and those of the Aniiir Uamu. He eon.iders Cnth,- 



are also listed by the same author. 



In the Bulletin of the Vcadunu ImptiiaU (U^ Niiiuis, 1. Btig 

 di.scusses the lampreys of the Ru.ssian Empire. 



The species of Lampeira or nver lam]m^v in this vast region he 

 reduces to two, L. fluviatiUs and L. planen. To the former he refers 

 Imnpihn a,n,<t i>\ \la.ka, / jnpnn i< a iA } m I unuhhahntni 



ind / ot th. ] iMMii I nil.<l Nit.s I In 1 ..I d. lu iiimmIh.ii 



In the Pro.-, /ool. ,N,e. Lond.>n, Prof. W. H. Penliaii, and \V. .1. 



