PISCES. 
88 
Huso orientalis (Pall.) described by Dybowski, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1872, 
p. 218. 
4 iSturio schrenckii (Brdt.) described by Dybowski, 1. c. p. 219. 
’■\Scaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi, sp. n., Kessler, N. M6m. Mosc. x. 1872, p. 26, 
tab. 12, Turkestan. [Translated, A. & M. N. H. Oct. 1873.] 
PLAGIOSTOMATA. 
I Scyllium eanicula breeds in captivity. Meyer, Zool. Gart. 1872, p. 371. 
j 4 Raia dentata, sp. n., Klunzinger, Arcb. f. Nat. 1872, p. 46, S. Australia. 
/d Torpedo. M^moire sur la Torpille,” by Marey, in J. de I’Anat. Pbys. 
U872, pp. 468-499. 
4 Torpedo fair childly sp. n., Hutton, Fisb. of New Zealand, p. 83. 
Dicerobatis giornce. In a memoir entitled “ Sopra ale uni organi della 
Cepbaloptera giorna,” and presented to tbe Accad. Pontaniana June 13, 
1869 (Napoli : 1869, 4to, pp. 40, with two plates), Sigg. Panceri and De 
Sanctis describe and figure tbe prtebrancbial appendages, cranial retia mira- , 
bilia, and tbe brain of this fisb. 
'^-4 Dicerobatis draco, sp. n., Giintber, A. & M. N. H. 1872, x. p. 422, and in 
Brenebley’s ^ Cruise of tbe Cura 9 oa,’ p. 412, pis. 26 & 27, Misol. 
TELEOSTEI. 
ACANTHOPTEEYGII. 
Percid^e. 
/ Vaillant, L. Sur la distribution geographique des Percina 
I (premiere section des Percoides). Compt. Rend. Ixxv. 
I pp. 1278-81. 
Actenolepis ditmarii, g. et sp. n., Dybowski, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1872, 
p. 210, Amur. . j 
nI Psammoperca (1846) and Cnidon (1849) are identical j and P. waigiemis is 
probably tbe same as C. ckinetisis. Giintber, A. & M. N. H. 1872, x. p. 426. 
4 Lates similis,"untai'cticus and victorice, and Mict'operca yarree are new names 
given by Castelnau to fisbes observed at Melbourne. Proc. Zool. Soc. Victor. 
1872, pp. 44-48. 
Anthias rasor. Notes by Klunzinger, Arcb. f. Nat. 1872, p. 17. — It is 
named Ccesioperca rasor by Castelnau, 1. c. p. 49. 
Anthias. A fisb from New Zealand, described by Hutton, Fisb. N. Zeal, 
p. 4, fig. 4, &aScorpis hectori (sp. n.), evidently belongs to tbis genus (divi- 
sion Cap7'odon) [and ought to be compared with A. lotighnanus']. 
Serranus. '^Plectropoma fasciatum (Lac.) is recognized as a Mediterranean 
species by Canestrini in Fauna d’ltalia, Pesce, p. 77. [Is evidently a Ser- 
raims.l 
^ Seri’anus cylindricus figured by Giintber in Brenebley’s ^ Cruise of tbe 
Cura9oa,’ p. 414, pi. 28. fig. A. 
4 Plectropoma anmdatimi figured by Giintber, 1. c. p. 415, pi. 28. fig. B ; and 
4 Plectropoma ocellatum, ibid. p. 416, pi. 29. 
4 Atnbassis urotcenia. Notes by Klunzinger, 1. c. p. 19. 
