PISCES. 175 
scribed two of them {Lucifuga) ; but the species from the caves 
of Cajio has not yet been examined. 
PoLUTA, G. Recherches sur la duree de la vie des Poissons 
hors de Peau. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1865, iv. pp. 62-64. 
The circumstances which contribute to prolong the life of 
fishes out of the water, are : — 
1. The cylindrical form of the body of a fish. 
2. The presence of water in the gill-cavities. 
3. The absence of scales ; 
and those diminishing this faculty are the following : — 
1. The compressed form of the body. 
2. The arrangement of the gills in a mass. 
3. The presence of scales. 
Scott, W . R. On the occurrence of Orcynus alalonga on the 
coast of Devon. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1865, xvi. 
October (pp. 268-2701. 
Steenstrup, J. Om Flynderslagten og Bygningen 
af dens Gjallehule. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. 1865, pp. 95- 
112, with woodcuts. 
Steindachner, F. Catalogue preliminaire des Poissons d^eau 
douce de Portugal (Suite) . (pp. 5) . 
This is a continuation of the publication mentioned in the 
' Zool. Record,^ vol. i. p. 139 ; it will be published in the forth- 
comiug volume of Mem. Acad. Sc. Lisboa. The separate 
pamphlet is dated 1865. 
. Ichthyologischer Bericht fiber eine nach Spanien und 
Portugal unternommene Reise. I. Zur Fisch-fauna des 
Albufera-Sees bei Valencia in Spanien. Sitzgsber. Akad. 
Wiss. Wien, 1865, lii. November 3 (with a plate)*. 
[Ichthyological report on a tour to Spain and Portugal. 
I. Contributions to the Fish-fauna of the Lake Albufera near 
Valencia.] 
The author enumerates Cyprinodon ibericus, Fundulus hispa- 
nicus, Barbus bocagei, Cobitis tcenia, Gasterosteus acideatus, 
Mugil cephalus and capito, Atherina mochon and hepsetus^ Ca^ 
I'assius vulgaris, Labrax lupus, Anguilla vulgaris, 
. Vorlaufiger Bericht fiber die an der Ostkfiste Tenerifes 
bei Santa Cruz gesammeltcn Fische. Ibid. li. May (pp. 
398-404). 
[Preliminary account of a collection of fishes made on the 
eastern eoast of Teneriffe, at Santa Cruz.] 
^ We are unable to indicate the pages, as the November part of this 
periodical does not appear to have been published ; -we are indebted to the 
author for a separate copy of the paper. 
