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* Turner, W. The Structure of the comb-like Branchial Appendages 
and of the Teeth of the Basking Shark {Selache maxima). J. Anat. 
Phys. xiv. pp. 273-286, pi. xii. 
Galeorrhinus galciis. (Galeus cania, Rond.) On its occurrence on the 
Coast of Southern California ; Jordan & Gilbert, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. 
p. 42 [1880]. 
Galeus australis, sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. p. 354, Port 
Jackson. 
Mustelus vulgaris P, Miill. & Henle, described by Lunel, M4m. Soc. 
Phys. Geuev. xxvii. p. 283. 
Hexanchus corinus, sp. n., Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. p. 352 [1880], Pacific 
Coast of the United States. 
Chiloscyllium furvum, sp. n., Macleay, Z. c. p. 364, Port Jackson. 
Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Dum.). On its occurrence on the Coast of 
California, Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. p. 40 [1880]. 
Heptranchias maculatus. Two young specimens from Soquel described 
by Jordan and Gilbert, Z. c. p. 353 [1880]. The jaws of the adult, from 
Humboldt Bay, described, ibid. p. 354. 
Acanthias megalops, sp. n., Macleay, Z. c. p. 367, Port Jackson. 
S. Garman gives a synopsis and descriptions of the American Rhinoba- 
tidm, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. pp. 516-523. 
Discobatus (= Platyrrhina) is considered as forming a new family, 
Discobatidce, or sub-family of the Rhinobatidce ; Garman, Z. c. p. 523. 
Platyrrhina triseriata,^p. n., Jordan & Gilbert, Z. c. p. 36 [1880], Santa 
Barbara, California. 
Platyrrhina exasperata, sp. n., Jordan & Gilbert, Z. c. p. 32 [1880], San 
Diego, California. 
Zapteryx, g. n., iid. 1. c. p. 53, for the last named species. 
Platyrhinoidis, g. n. for P. triseriata, Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 ; S. Gar- 
man, Z. c. p. 552. 
Raia inornata. Note by Jordan & Gilbert, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 73. 
Raia stellulata, p. 133, and rhina, p. 251, spp. nn., Jordan & Gilbert, 
Z. c. iii. [1880], California ; R. parmifera, sp. n.. Beau, op. cit. iv. p. 157, 
Alaska. 
Dasybatis dipterurus, sp. n., Jordan & Gilbert, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. 
p. 31 [1880], San Diego, California. 
Myliobatis australis, sp. n., Macleay, Z, c. p. 380, Port Jackson. 
GANOIDEI. 
Parker, W. K. On the Structure and Development of the Skull in 
Sturgeons {Acipenser ruthenus and A. sturio). Abstract in P. R. 
Soc. 1881, pp. 142-145. 
- Salensky, W. Recherches sur le d^veloppement du Sterlet (^Acipenser 
ruthenus). Arch. biol. ii. pp. 233-341, pis. xv.-xviii. 
j A translation of the memoir published in Russian in Mem. Soc. Nat. 
I Kasan, 1879. 
