TELEOSTEI. 
Pisces 27 
Rhombus maximus , Cuv. : on an anomalous specimen ; Filhol, Bull. 
Soc. Philom. (8) ii, p. 54, fig. R. ligusticus , n. sp. (foss.), Pollini, Sopra 
alcuni Pesci fossili terziari, p. 92 (Milan : 1889), Tertiary, Santa Giustina, 
Liguria. 
Arnoglossus lophotes , Gthr., and A. grohmanni , Bp. : note on their 
distinctive characters, with figures ; Gunther, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 40, pi. iii. 
Remarks on the same species by J. T. Cunningham, t. c. p. 540, fig., who 
regards A. lophotes as the male of A. laterna. A . macrolophus, n. sp., 
Alcocic, J. A. S. B. lviii, p. 280, pi. xviii, fig. 2, Bay of Bengal. A. 
polylepis , n. sp., id. t. c. p. 290, pi. xvi, fig. 1, E. coast of Ceylon. A. 
brevirictis , n. sp., id. Ann. N. H. (6) vi, p. 433, off Ganjam coast. 
Rliomboidiclithys azureus , n. sp., Alcock, J. A. S. B. lviii, p. 283, pi. xvi, 
fig. 3, Bay of Bengal. R. valde-rostratus , n. sp., id. Ann. N. H. (G) vi, 
p. 435, Ceylon. 
J Psettylis, n. g., allied to Rhomboidichthys ? Body subcircular. Jaws 
and dentition symmetrical ; mouth very small, the length of the maxilla 
being loss than ono-fourth that of the head ; tooth minute, in tho jaws 
only. Eyes on tho loft sido, separated by a broad concave space. Tho 
dorsal fin commences on the snout ; its rays and those of the anal simple. 
No scales. Lateral line with a sharp or faint curve above the pectoral. 
id. t. c. p. 436. P. pellucida and ocellata, n, spp., id. t. c. p. 437, figs., Bay 
of Bengal. 
Platophrys tceniopterus, n. sp,, Gilbert, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiii, p. 118, 
Pacific coast of N. America. 
Citharichthys xanthostigma and fragilis , n. spp., id. t. c, p. 120, Pacific 
coast of N. America. 
Ancylopsetta dendritica, n. sp., Gilbert, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiii, p. 121, 
Pacific coast of N. America. 
Brachypleura xanthosticta , n. sp., Alcock, J. A. S. B. lviii, p. 281, pi. lvii, 
fig. 3, Bay of Bengal. 
Samaris cristatus , Gray, described and figured by id. t. c. p. 291, 
pi. xvii, fig. 4. 
Lccops guentheri , n. sp., id. t. c. p. 438, Bay of Bengal. 
Scianectes macrophthalmus, Alcock : description amended by id., Ann. 
N. H. (6) vi, p. 216. 
Pleuronectes scutifer, Stdr., 1870, = Platessa bicolorata , Bazil, 1855 ; 
Herzenstein, Mel. biol. xiii, p. 133. P. obscurus , p. 127, and japonicus , 
p. 130, n. spp., id. t. c., Mantchuria and Japan. 
Solea vulgaris and Pleuronectes cynoglossus j remarks on postlarval 
young specimens ; W. S. Green, Nature, xiii, p. 520, & xliii, p. 56 ; J. T. 
Cunningham, t. c. xliii, p. 104. 
Solea lascaris , Risso (= S. aurantiaca, Gthr.), and S. scriba , Yal. (= 
S. lascaris , Gthr., nec Risso) : on their synonymy ; Gunther, P. Z. S. 
1890, p. 44. S. oculus , n. sp., Alcock, J. A. S. B. lviii, p. 285, 
pi. xviii, fig. 3, Bay of Bengal. S. cyanea, n. sp., id. t. c. p. 439, Bay of 
Bengal. 
Synaptura altipinnis , n. sp., id. t. c. p. 441, off Yizagapatam coast. 
