HETEROPYGII. 
Pisces 29 
Stolephoms mitchilli (0. & Y.) described by, Jordan & Gilbert, P. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. v. p. 248. # 
Stolephoms opercularis, p. 275, Punta San Felipe, W. Mexico, ischanus, 
p. 340, lucidus , p. 341, exiguus, p. 342, curtus, p. 343, and miarchus , 
p. 344, Mazatlan, spp. nn., iid. 1. c. 
Stolephoms perthecatus, sp. n., Goode & Bean, op. cit. v. p. 434, Florida. 
Coilia pfeifferi (Blkr.), redescribed by Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) 
vi. p. 175. 
Pristigaster lutipinnis ) sp. n., Jordan & Gilbert, l. c. p. 340, Mazatlan. 
Clupea harengus, L. Note on hermaphrodite specimens: C. Yogt, 
Arch. Biol. iii. pp. 255-258, pi. x. ; F. A. Smitt, tom. cit. pp. 259-274, 
pi. xi. On the food of the herring ; Day, Zool. xl. p. 268. 
On the digestive organs of the pilchard ; Day, l. c. p. 24. 
Clupea stolifera , sp. n., Jordan & Gilbert, l. c. p. 339, Mazatlan. 
Clupea thrissina, sp. n., iid. op. cit. v. p. 353, Cape San Lucas, Cali- 
fornia. 
ALEPOCEPHALID2E. 
Alepocephalus agassizi , sp. n., Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. C. Z. x. 
p. 218, Atlantic, 38° N. lat., 73° W. long., 922 fath. 
Gymnotidj:. 
Sternarchus alhifrons (L.), p. 13, pi. v. fig. 6, and brasiliensis, Reinh., 
p. 14, pi. v. fig. 5 : additional notes and figures ; Steindachner, Denk. Ak. 
Wien, xliv. 
Sternarchus macrolepis , p. 14, pi. v. fig. 7, and muelleri , p. 15, pi. v. 
fig. 1, id. 1. c., Amazons. 
Mdr^nidji:. 
Anguilla vulgaris. Notes on a yellow variety, or albinism ; H. Bolau, 
Arch. f. Nat. xlvii. [1881], pp. 136-139 ; translation in Ann. N. H. (5) ix. 
pp. 65-67. 
O. Hermes, SB. nat. Fr. 1882, pp. 37 & 38, opposes his own observations 
to a statement made by Yon Siebold, Bayerische Fischerei-Zeitung, 
1882, Nos. 1-4, that no male eel has hitherto been captured in fresh 
water. 
Conger caudicula, sp. n. (Bean), Goode & Bean, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. 
p. 435, Pensacola, Florida. 
Murcenesox coniceps, sp. n., Jordan & Gilbert, op. cit. iv. p. 834, 
Mazatlan. 
Ncttastoma procerum, sp. n., Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. C. Z. x. p. 224, 
Atlantic, 33-40° N. lat., 76° W. long., 178-647 fath. 
Myropliis lumbricus , sp. n., Jordan & Gilbert, P. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. v. 
p. 261, Gulf of Mexico. 
Sphagebranchus teres , sp. n., Goode & Bean, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 436, 
West Florida. 
Letharchus, g. n., distinguished from Sphagebranchus in lacking an 
