TELEOSTOMJ. 
Pisces 37 
Anchovia , n. g., for Engraulis macrolepidotus, Kner & Stdr. ; Jordan & 
Evermann, t. c. p. 449. 
Chatoessus horni , n. sp., Zietz, Hep. Horn Exped. ii, p. 180, pi. xvi, fig. 6, 
Central Australia. 
Alepocephalid^e. 
Alepocephalus agassizii, Goode & Bean, fig. 45, productus , Gill, fig. 4G, 
and bairdii , Goode & Bean, fig. 47, figured by Goo ms & Bean, Ocean. 
Ichthyol. pi. xiii. A. giardi , n. sp., Koehler, Ann. Uuiv. Lyon, 
xxvi, p. 513, pi. xxvi, fig. 1, Bay of Biscay, 400-700 faths. 
Mitchillina, n. g., for Alepocephalus bairdii, Goode & Bean; Jordan & 
E verm ann, Fish. N. Am. i, p. 453. 
Conocara , n. g., for Alepocephalus macroptcrus, Yaill., and C. macdonaldi , 
n. sp. ; iid. t. c. p. 39, pi. xiii, fig. 48, N.-W. Atlantic, 955 faths. 
Talismania, n. subg., for Bathgtroctes homopterus , Yaill., and B. antillorum 
and rr.quatoris , n. spp. ; iid. t. c. pp. 44 & 45, pi. xiv, figg. 49 & 50, 
N.-W. Atlantic, 420 & 741 faths. 
Aleposomus copei, Gill, figured ; iid. t. c. pi. xiv, fig. 51. 
Bathgtroctes mollis, n. sp., Koehler, Ann. Univ. Lyon, xxvi, p. 517, 
pi. xxvi, fig. 2, Bay of Biscay, 900 faths. 
Xoiodermichthgs socialis , Yaill. : noticed and figured by Koehler, t. c. 
p. 520, pi. xxvii, fig. 11, and described by Collett, Boiss. Hiron- 
delle, p. 138. 
Halosauridac. 
Ilalosaurus owcni, Johns., figured by Goode & Bean, Ocean. Ichthyol. 
pi. xl, fig. 152. II. gunthcri, n. sp., iid. t. c. p. 131, N.-W. Atlantic, 
594 fath. H.johnsonianus, Yaill., described and figured by Collett, 
Poiss. Hirondelle, p. 143, pi. iv, fig. 20. 
Halosauropsis, n. g., p. 143. for Ilalosaurus macrochir, Gthr., described 
and figured, p. 146, pi. v, fig. 23, Collett, t. c. 
A Idrovandia, n. g., for II. rostratus, Gthr., and allies; Goode & Bean, 
Ocean. Ichthyol. p. 132. A. gracilis and pallida, n. spp., iid. t. c. 
pp. 134 & 135, pi. xiii, figg. 157 & 158, N.-W. Atlantic, 769-1430 
faths. 
Gymnotidte. 
Eigenmannia , n. g., for Stcrnopggus humboldtii , Stdr. ; Jordan & Eveu- 
mann, Fish. N. Am. i, p. 341. 
MlTR^NlD.E. 
B. Grassi & S. Calandruccio summarize their conclusions on the de- 
velopment of Murienoids ; Rend. Acc. Lincei (5) v, pp. 348 & 349, 
and v, ii, p. 241. 
Anguilla vulgaris , Flem. : Grassi has been able to ascertain by direct 
observation that, as already suspected from an examination of the 
myomeres, Leptocephalus brevirostris is the larva of the common 
Eel, which, according to the author, matures and spawns in the 
depths of the sea ; P. R. Soc. London, lx, p. 260. On the supposed 
reproduction of the Eel in fresh water in Switzerland and Germany; 
Imiiof, Biol. Centralbl. xvi, p. 431, and Knauthe, t. c. p. 847. On 
the habits of the Eel in Lake Cauma, Switzerland ; P. Lorenz, 
Jahresber. Ges. Graubund. (2) xxxix, p. 81. On Eels with ripe 
ovaries ; J. T. Cunningham, J. Mar. Biol. Ass. (2) iv, p. 87, fig. 
