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[[double underlined]] Prof. Felipe Poey [[/double underlined]],[[underlined]] Havana, Cuba [[/underlined]].

[[red underlined]] Accession [[/red underlined]] 13463;
[[red underlined]] Catalogue [[/red underlined]] 33079-33141.

     This collection contains many species among which are:

[[underlined]] Elops saurus [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Echeneis [[/underlined]] several species, [[underlined]] Gerres zebra [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Holacanthus parræ [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Tetrodon occipitalis [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Opisthonema [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Muræna [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Ophichthys [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Tylosurus [[/underlnend]], [[underlined]] Agonostoma [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Fistularia [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Plectropoma [[/underlined]] several species,
[[underlined]] Trachinocephalus myops [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Xynichthys [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Aulostoma [[/underlined]].

[[double underlined]] Silas  Stearns [[/double underlined]] [[underlined]] Pensacola, Florida [[/underliend]].

[[red underlined]] Accession [[/red underlined]];
[[red underlined]] Catalogue [[/red underlined]] 33915.

     Mr. Stearns sent the example here recorded to Prof. Jordan with some other species and, for a time, it was believed to be new; but a comparison with typical specimens shows it to be

[[underlined]] Emblemaria nivipes [[/underlined]] Jor. & Gilb., a species

first made known from the Pearl Islands in the Pacific, whence it was brought by Prof. F. H. Bradley.  The occurrence of this fish in the Gulf of Mexico is quite interesting.