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of primitive organization are also included. I have also included the mat¬ 
erials in the general series of fishes in the United States National Museum 
besides the type specimens. Likewise materials in the Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia have been studied and noted or listed with their 
respective species* 
The following are the new items pertaining to this work: 
In Alepocephalidae: 
Whitleyidea , new subgenus 
Alepocephalu s• 
A1epocephalus andersoni, new species. 
Halisauric-eps, new genus. 
iegalepocephalus, new subgenus 
Asquamiceps. 
Asquamiceps lon gmani , new species. 
Bathytroct es welshi , new species. 
Bathytroctes hataii, new species. 
Bathytroctes zugmayeri, new species. 
Bathytroctes harp eri, new species. 
Nemabathytroctes, new subgenus. 
Bathytroctes . 
Narcetes pappenheimi, new species. 
Narcetes lloydi, new species. 
Alcookella, new subgenus. 
Narcetes. 
Narcete s garmani , new species. 
Bathypropteron, new' subgenus. 
Rouleina. 
In Serpidae: 
Buproserpe , new subgenus. 
Serpe schmidtl, new species. 
Serpe. 
