24 Pisces. 
PI SC ICS. 
Ophidiioe. 
Saccogaster macula ta , Ale. : notes by Alcock, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 226, 
fig * 
Dermatorus melanocephalus, n. sp., kl. t. c. p. 32, Bay of Bengal, 1644- 
1748 faths. 
1 Lamprogrammus, n g. Lateral line with much enlarged scales, each of 
which bears a glandular luminous organ ; no ventral fins ; id. t. c. p. 32. 
L. niger, n. sp., id. t. c. p. 33, fig., Bay of Bengal, 405-561 faths. 
Saccogaster maculata, Alcock,' figured by Alcock, Ann. N. H. (6) viii, 
pi. vii, fig. 3. 
Paradicrolene nigricaildis, n. sp., id. t. c. p. 30, Andaman Sea, 188-220 
faths. 
Nemophis lesson'd , Kaup, figured by Sauvage, Hist. Madag. xvi, pi. xlvii, 
fig. 6. 
Fierasfer caninus , Gthr., figured by Sauvage, t. c. pi. xlvii, fig. 1. 
Otolithus ( Fierasfer ) nuntius, p. 99, pi. vi, fig. 2, posterus, p. 100, pi. vi, 
fig. 6 ; O. (Ophuliidarum) bcettgeri , p. 100, pi. i, fig. 6, obotritus , p. 100, pi. i, 
fig. 5, difformis , p. 101, pi. i, fig. 7, pi. v, fig. 7, & pi. vi, fig. 5, hilgendorfi , 
p. 105, pl.v, fig. 14, occultuSy p. 104, pi. vi, fig. 1, marchicus , p. 104, pi. x, 
fig. 18, hybridus ) p. 105, pi. x, fig. 17, and saxonicus, p. 105, pi. x, fig. 19 ; 
u. un. (foss.), Koken, Z. geol. Gos. xliii, Oligocouo, Germany. 
Maorurid^e. 
Macrurus rupestris , Gunn., and M. cequalis, Gthr., recorded from the W. 
coast of Ireland by Holt, Sci. P. R. Dubl. Soc. (2) vii, p. 122. M. quadri - 
cristatus, p. 119, aud petersonii } p. 121, n. spp., Alcock, Ann N. II. (6) viii, 
Andaman Sea, 188-220 faths. M. ( Malacocephalus ) pectoralis , n. sp., 
Gilijert, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv, p. 563, off the coast of Oregon, 685-877 
faths. 
Trachyrhynchus helolepis , n. sp., id. t. c. p. 562, West Coast of Central 
America. 
Otolithus ( Macrurus ) prcecursor , p. 96, figs., Pliocene, Italy, and singu- 
laris ) p. 98, pi. vi, fig. 9, Oligocene, Germany : n. nn. (foss.), Koken, Z. 
geol. Ges. xliii. 
Atelopodid.e. 
A teleopus indicus , n. sp., Alcock, Ann. N. H. (6) viii, p. 123, fig., Anda- 
man Sea, 188-220 faths. 
Pleuronectidj:. 
Cunningham, J. T. Flat Fishes. Rep. Plym. Inst, xi, pp. 30-42, pi. 
. An Experiment concerning the Absence of Colour from the lower 
Sides of Flat-Fishes. Zool. Anz. xiv, pp. 27-32, fig. 
Experiment on young Pleuronectes flesus } with the object of elucidating 
the relation of the pigmentation of flat-fishes to the action of light. 
