GENERAL NOTES AND FAUNAS. 
85 
rhynchus, and 22 Cyprinoids) arc described therein. Tlvc nanu s 
of these species will be mentioned below. 
Africa. M. de Brito Capello has concluded his list of the 
species from Madeira, the Azores, and Portuguese possessions 
in Africa, which are contained in the Lisbon Museum. Jorn. 
Se. Lisb. 1872. [See Zool. Rec. viii. p. 92.] 
India. Notes on Pish collected by Dr. Stoliezka in Kachh 
[Cuteh],^^ by F. Day. J. A. S. B. 1872, pp. 258-260. 18 species. 
Island of Misol. Dr. Gunther gives a list of 85 species from 
this locality, in Brcnchley^s * Cruise of the Curayoa,^ p. 410 
[see above, p. 63]. 
Solomon Islands. Dr. Gunther enumerates 68 species from 
this group. Ibid. p. 409. 
South Australia. Besides some smaller additions to this 
fauna made by the Recorder, which do not require particular 
notice, two longer memoirs have appeared almost simultan- 
eously. The first (which has the priority) is by Klunzinger, 
and published in Arch. f. Nat. 1872, pp. 17-47. The au- 
thor enumerates 94 species, of which 20 are described as new ; 
but he does not appear to have been acquainted with some of 
the papers referring to this fauna. The second is much more 
extensive, written by F. de Castelnau, the author of the ' Nouv. 
Animaux de FAmerique du Sud.^ It appeared in Proc. Zool. 
Soc. Victor. 1872, pp. 29-247. One hundred and forty-eight 
species are described therein, sixty of which have been named by 
the author. The paper is entirely based on the Recorder's Cata- 
logue ; and we observe with pleasure that a great improvement 
of Count de Castelnau^s descriptions has taken place when com- 
pared with those of his former publications. With regard to the 
distinction of the species we cannot enter Here into their critical 
examination, but will only mention that the collections received 
from the same seas at the British Museum contain about 5 per 
cent, undescribed species, whilst Castelnau claims the finding of 
more than 30 per cent. We cannot help thinking that so great 
a difference is simply due to a different treatment of the matter. 
The introductory remarks of the author are chiefly directed 
against the Recorder’s former treatment of ichthyological ques- 
tions (that of the scientific nature of Count de Castelnau’s works 
included), and will be read with pleasure by amateurs, and 
judged by zoologists. 
'New Zealand. The New-Zcaland Geological- Survey Depart- 
ment has published a work on the ' Fishes of New Zealand,’ 
Wellington: 1872, 8vo, pp. 133, with 12 plates. The descrip- 
tions have been drawn up by Capt. F. W. Hutton, whilst Dr. 
Hector has worked out the more practical portion in additional 
Notes on the Edible Fishes.” The total number of the species 
described is 141, and many are re[)resented by outline-figures. 
