TELEOSTJfil. 
Pisces 21 
Parhaplodactylus , g. n.,for Haplodactylus loplodon, Gthr., E. arctidens, 
Richards., and P. marmoratus , sp. n. ; Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) 
vii. p. 140, Australia. 
Xenisteus, g. n., for Xenichthys californiensis, Steind.; Jordan & Gilbert, 
Syn. Fish. N. Am. p. 920. 
Sparosoma , g. n. (foss.), for *8. ovalis\_-le\ sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. Soc. 
G6ol. (3) xi. p. 487, in the Marls of Aix, Provence. 
ClRRHITIDiE. 
Chilodactylus gibbosus , Richards., described and figured ; Steindachner 
& Doderlein, Denk. Ak. Wien, xlviii. p. 27, pi. vii. fig. 2. 
Chilodactylus mullhalli, sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. 
p. 366, Port Jackson. 
Paracirr kites, g. n., for P. japonicus, sp. n., Steindachner & Doderlein, 
l. c. p. 25, Japan. 
Dactylophora , g. n., for D. semimaculata, sp. n., De Vis, P. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. W. viii. p. 284, S. Australia. 
ScORPAENIDili. 
Sebastodes matzubarcc , Hilgendorf (= Perea variabilis, pt., Pallas), 
redescribed; Jordan, P. Ac. Philad. 1883,’ p. 291. 
Scorpcena histrio, Jen., described ; id. 1. c. p. 292. 
Peloria rueppclli , Cocco, described and figured ; Emery, MT. z. Stat. 
Neap. iv. p. 403, pi. xxviii. figs. 1-3. 
NandiDjE. 
Plesiops gigas , sp. n., Steindachner, Anz. Ak. Wien, 1883, p. 196, noloc. 
BERYCIDiE. 
Monocentris japonicus. On the mode in which the ventral spine is 
attached ; Riehm, Z. Naturw. (4) ii. p. 107 (with 5 woodcuts). 
Hoplostetlius mediterraneus, C. & V., var. japonica , Hilgend., described 
and figured; Steindachner & Doderlein, Denk. Ak. Wien, xlvii. p. 10, pi. i. 
Trachichthys japonicus, sp. n., iid. ibid. pi. ii., Japan. 
Caulolepis, g. n. (closely related to Anoplogaster), for C. longidens, sp. n., 
Gill, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 258, lat. 39° 27', long. 69° 56', 1346 fath. 
Beryx subovatus , Bass, (foss.), redescribed and figured from the Cre- 
taceous of the Island of Lesina ; Bassani, Denk. Ak. Wien, Ixv. p. 226, 
pi. viii. fig. 4. 
Stephanobei'yx, g. n. (closely allied to Melamphaes), for S. monos, sp. n., 
Gill, l. c. p. 258, lat. 41°, long. 65° 55', 1253 fath. 
Polymixia japonica , Gthr., described and figured ; Steindachner & 
Doderlein, l. c. p. 13, pi. iv. fig. 2. 
Myripristis jacobus , C. & V. Note on the life-colours ; Sauvage, Le 
Nat. 1883, p. 292. 
