TELEOSTOMI, GANOIDEI. Pisces 29 
Myropterura, g. ri., allied to Myrus , Kaup, for M. laticaudata , sp. n., 
Douglas-Ogilby, t. c. p. 247, Fiji. 
Bascanichthys kemizona , sp. n., Douglas-Ogilby, t. c., p. 248, Port Jackson. 
Goodclla, g. n., allied to Synodus , Douglas-Ogilby, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. 
Wales, xxii, p. 249 ; G. Jvypozona , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 250, Coast of Now 
South Wales. 
Ophichthys colubrinus , Bodd. On a colour- variation : Waite, Mem. 
Austral. Mus. iii, p. 195, pi. viii, fig. 3. 
Murcena Helena , L. Note on a British specimen by Holt, J. Mar. Biol. 
Ass. (2) v, p. 91. 
LOPHOBRANCHII. 
Siphostoma robertsi , sp. n., Jordan & Rutter, P. Ac. Philad. 1897, p. 97, 
Jamaica. 
P LEG TO GN A THI. 
Alutera punctata , Ag., described by Jordan & Rutter, P. Ac. Philad. 
1897, p. 127. 
Tctrodon nigropunctatus , Bl. Noto by Waite, Mom. Austral. Mus. iii, 
p. 197 ; T. gillbanksii, p. 245, pi. xiv, and ckeesemanii , p. 248, pi. xv, 
spp. nn., F. E. Clarke, Tr. N. Zealand Inst, xxix, New Zealand; T. 
lawleyi , sp. n. (foss.), Carraroli, Riv. ital. Pal. iii, p. 26, pi. — , ligg. 
6 & 7) Pliocene, Piacenza, Italy. 
Lagocephalus pachycephalus , Ranz., described by Jordan & Rutter, t. c. 
p. 128 . 
Spkeroides marmoratus, Ranz., described by Jordan & Rutter, t. c. p. 129. 
Chilomycterus antillarum , sp. n., Jordan & Rutter, t. c., p. 131, Jamaica. 
Ortkagoriscus nasus , Ranz. On a specimen from tho Dutch Coast: 
Reuvens, Notes Leyden Mus. xviii, p. 209, pi. iii. 
Tanzania truncata , Nardo. Note by Perugia, Ann. Mus. Genova (2) 
xviii, p. 140. 
GANOIDEI. 
E. P. Allis, Zool. Bull, i, pp. 1-26, writes on the morphology of the 
petrosal bone and of the sphenoidal region of the skull of Amia calva. 
The same author, J. Morphol. xii, pp. 487-808, pis. xx-xxxviii, describes 
the cranial muscles and cranial and first spinal nerves in Amia calva. 
B. M. Davis, P. Indiana Ac. 1896, p. 259, gives an abstract of his investi- 
gations on the origin of the Epiphysis cerebri in Amia calva. 
C. O. Whitman & A. C. Eycleshymer, J. Morphol. xii, pp. 309-354, figg., 
pis. xviii-xix, describe the cleavage of the egg in Amia. 
T. W. Bridge, P. Z. S. 1897, pp. 722-724, fig., writes on the presence of 
ribs in Polyodon folium. 
H. Garman, Bull. Illinois Lab. iv, 1896, pp. 299-310, pis. i-vi, writes on 
tho brain and pineal structures of Polyodon folium. 
N. Borodine contributes materials for tho Biology of Russian Sturgeons. 
Moscow : 1897, folio. 
Amia calva , L. Notes on tho breeding habiis : Whitman & Eycleshymer, 
J. Morphol. xii, p. 309. 
Caturus , Ag. (foss.). Description of parts of the skeleton : A. S. Woodward, 
Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xix, p. 292, pis. viii & ix. 
Osteorkachis leedsi, sp. n. (foss.): A. S. Woodward, t. c. p. 379, pis. x & xi, 
Oxford Clay, Peterborough. 
