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18 [[double underlined]] Silas Stearns, [[/double underlined]] [[underlined]] Pensacola, Florida. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Accession [[/underlined]] 12991 part; [[underlined]] Catalogue [[/underlined]] 32632-7; 32647. Among the species are the following rare ones: [[underlined]] Diplodus Tylosurus gladius [[/underlined]] Bean [[underlined]] Diplodus caudimacula [[/underlined]] Pocy [[underlined]] Caulolatilus microps [[/underlined]] Goode & Bean [[underlined]] Batrachus pardus [[/underlined]] Goode & Bean [[underlined]] Ophichthys guttifer [[/underlined]] Bean & Dresel, a new species just described in manuscript for Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., volume II. [[double underlined]] Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, [[/double underlined]] [[underlined]] Commander Islands & Kamtchatka. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Accession Catalogue [[/underlined]] 33804-33908. This is a collection of great value which was made by Dr. Stejneger during the years 1882 and 1883, while in the service of the Signal Bureau, U.S.A. The collection is valuable both because of its bearing upon geographical distribution and the fact that it contains many hitherto doubtful Pallassian species from localities visited by Steller, besides others which appear to be undescribed. The species are not yet fully identified, but the following may be mentioned as [[strikethrough]] probably [[/strikethrough]] reasonably ascertained: