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species of that family. He gives (pp. 2-5) a general list of them, which 
is followed (pp. 6-11) by a geographical table showing their distribution 
among the different islands. 
The same author has published revisions of the species of CirrMtidce^ 
MullidcBy and Pseudochromidce^ belonging to this region. Verh. Ak. 
Amst. XV. 
Ghina. 
E. Sauvage & D. De Thiersant, Ann. Sc. Nat. (6) i. Art. No. 5, 
18 pages, enumerate a large number of species of freshwater fishes of 
this country belonging to various families, and describe many of them 
as new to science. The paper is preparatory to a monograph of the 
collection. 
Polynesia, 
Gunther, A. Die Fische der Sudsee (iv.). J. Mus. Godeffr. ix. 
pp. 97-128, pis. Ixi.-lxxxiii. 
Contains the continuation of the Berycidce^ Kurtidce^ Polynemidce, 
XiphiidcBy TricTiiuridce^ and Acronuridm^ with index and alphabetical list 
of native names. 
L. Vai LEANT & E. Sauvage have published descriptions of fish from 
the Sandwich Islands, in B. Z. (3) iii. pp. 278-287, which form part of a 
collection recently obtained ; a more extended account will shortly bo 
given. 
Bt, Paul. 
Note on (he ichthyological fauna of the Island of St. Paul, by E. 
Sauvage, C. R. Ixxxi. pp. 987-989. Of 6 species found at this isolated 
island in the Indian Ocean, only 3 have been found elsewhere. M. Sau- 
vage adds 3 more, a Sebastes and 2 Lahrichthys, remarking that the 
fauna presents the greatest analogy with that of Southern Australia. 
New Zealand. 
New species dredged off Cape Farewell, in New Zealand, during the 
“ Challenger ” expedition, are described by Hector, Ann. N. H. (4) xv. 
pp. 78-80 ; and others by Hutton, 1. c. xvi. pp. 313-317. 
West Indies and South America. 
F. Poey has published the first portion of an “ Enumeratio Piscium 
Cubensium,” revising and augmenting his Synopsis of Cuban fish which 
appeared in the “ Repertorium in 1868. The total number of species 
is stated as 730. The new species and important remarks are referred 
to below ; several other species are also indicated by the author from 
more or less incomplete materials, and without specific names. An. Soc. 
Esp. iv. pp. 76-161, pis. v.-vii. 
F. Steindachner publishes descriptions and plates of the freshwater fish 
of Brazil, from the rich materials afforded by the collections of Agassiz 
and those of the “ Hassler expedition. The families ChromidcB and 
Characinidui are treated of in SB. Ak. Wien, Ixx. pp. 449-538, pis. i.-vi. ; 
