13 Pisces. 
PISCES. 
Uraptera hinoculata^ Gir., is not a climatic var. of Maia hatis, as 
Gunther believes ; W.N. Lockington, P, Cal. Acc, vii.j). 108. 
Raia eatoni. Description reprodu ced, with mention of a new species, 
R. muri'ayi, to be described subsequently. Gunther, Phil. Tr. clxviii. 
p. 166. 
Trygon {Himantura) oxy [r] rhynchus, sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. 
(7) ii. p. 94, Cochin China. 
TELEOSTEL 
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Beneden, E. van. a Contribution to the Embryonic Development of 
the Teleosteans. Q. J. Micr. Sci. xviii. pp. 41-67, 1 pi. 
Describes the early phases of development of the eggs of Teleosteans, 
and compares the facts elicited by present observations with what is 
actually known relative to the formation of the germ-layers in Teleostean 
fishes. 
Carlet, M. Mdmoire sur les ^cailles des Poissons T^l^pst^ens. Ann. 
Sc. Nat. (6) viii. Art. 8, 19 pp. 9 figs.. 
'Note on the development of the gills in the Teleostei, observed in the 
i young of Cohitis. Goette, Zool. Anz. i. p. 62. 
On the excretory system of the Teleostei. Fiirbriuger, Morph. JB. iv. 
pp. 43-49. 
AOANTHOPTEEYGII. 
Peroidj]. 
7oa, g. n. Distinguished from Pleurolepis by two anal spines instead 
of one, and by greater scaliness of ventral region. Type, Pcecilichthys 
vitreus^ Cope. Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii. p. 88. 
Pleurolepis asprellus, sp. n., Jordan, Bull. Illin. Mus. No. 2, p. 38, Illi- 
nois. 
Alvordius crassus^ sp. n. {Etheostoma maculatum, var.. Cope, 1870), 
Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii. p. 12, Santee basin. 
Ulocentra^ g. n., for Arlina atripinnis, Jord.; iid. 1. c. pp. 46, 73. 
Boleosoma camarum^ sp. n., Forbes, Bull. Illin. Mus. No. 2, p. 40, Illinois. 
Vaillantia, g. n., for the above species, Jordan & Brayton, 1. c. p. 89, 
in a foot note. 
Boleosoma olmstedi, Jord., = maculaticeps^ Cope ; iid. 1. c. p. 13. 
Nothonotus camurus. Cope, distinguished from N. maculatus. Ag. j iid. 
1. c. p. 74. 
Nothonotus inscriptus, sp. n., iid. 1. c. p. 34, Georgia. 
Nothonotus thalassinus, sp. n., iid. 1. c. p. 13, Santee basin. 
Pcecilichthys jessice, sp. n., Jordan, Man. Vert. 2nd ed. p. 227, and Bull. 
U. S. Nat. Mus. xii. p. 69, Tennessee. 
Pcecilichthys asprigenis^ sp. n., Forbes, Bull. Illin. Mus. No. 2, p. 41, 
Illinois. 
Cratinus, g. n. Much elongate ; dorsal deeply notched, anteriorly with 
many very strong elongate curved spines ; teeth in both jaws on vomer 
