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Mayneaf g. n. Lycodid., Ciiimingliam, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1871, xxTii. p. 471. 
Skin with small imbedded scales; vertical fins united; ventrals none. 
Jaws equally armed anteriorly with minute teeth placed rather far apart. A 
few minute teeth on the vomer and anteriorly on the palatines. Gill-open- 
ing narrow, the gill-membranes being attached to the isthmus ; pseudo- 
branchise absent. No pyloric appendages. — Mayma patagonica^fi^. n., Cun- 
ningham, 1. c. p. 472, Otter Islands. — D. 116, A. 86. 
Blennodesinus, g. n. Lycodid., Giinther, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 667. Body band-^ 
like, with rudimentary scales. Lateral line indistinct. Eye of moderate 
size. Snout pointed, lower jaw prominent. Small conical teeth in both 
jaws ; palate smooth. Barbels none. Ventral fins reduced to two small and 
short filo-ments, jugular. — Blennodesmus scaptdaris, sp. n., Gunther, 1 . c. p. 667, 
pi. 67. fig. A, N.E. Australia. — B.+C.-f-A. 60+9+40. y 
'^erluccius gayi characterized by Cunningham, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. v 
p. 472. 
Pseudophycis peregrmuSy sp. n., Gunther, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 669, Manado. — 
^Couchia is probably the young of Motella. Gunther, A. & M. N. H. 1871, 
viii. p. 320. 
Brotida multibarhata from the Red Sea. Klunzinger, Verh. z.-b. Ges. 
Wien, 1871, p. 674. 
Halidesmusj g. n. Brotulin., Gunther, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 668. Body band- 
like, with minute scales. Three lateral lines on each side. Eye of moderate 
size. Dorsal and anal not continuous with the caudal. Ventral fins reduced 
to a pair of short filaments. A series of conical teeth in each jaw, none on 
the palate. Lower jaw rather projecting. Barbels none. Gill-opening 
wide. — Halidesmiis scapularis, sp. n., Giinther, 1. c. pi. 67. fig. B, Port Natal. 
— D. 64, A. 48. 
'^Haliophis guttatuSj described by Klunzinger, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, / 
p. 676. 
Coryphcenoides novcB-zelandicB, sp. n.. Hector, T. N. Z. Inst. iii. p. 1.36, pi. 18. 
f, 1. [This is the type of a distinct genus, for which the Recorder proposes 
the name of Macruronus.'] 
'd Rhonihoidichthys pantherinus described by Klunzinger, Verh. z.-b. Ges. 
Wien, 1871, p. 671, 
Plagusia dipterygia (Riipp.) = P. marmorata {B]kx.^ — Phuronectes hiline- 
atus (Bl.), according to Klunzinger, 1. c. p. 673. 
PHYSOSTOMI. 
SiLURID.®. 
Mr. F. Day has published some notes on the air-bladder of 
several Indian genera ; he has found it similar in structure to 
that of the Loaches in Hemipimelodus and Glyptosternum tel- 
chitta. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 286-289.— He has continued these ^ 
examinations {ibid, pp. 703-721) ; and considering \vhether, 
amongst these freshwater groups, any general law of distribu- 
tion holds good which may furnish one with a clue to the 
reason for the existence of this osseous covering, whether such 
