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number 37038). From the stomach of this shark its captors took a peck of herring and six yards of gill-net.

F. [[underlined]] By occasional contributors and exchanges [[/underlined]]
From Mr Robert S. Day, of New Orleans, was obtained, by request of the Director, a new species of [[underlined]] Tyntlastes [[/underlined]], which was found in the Gulf  of Mexico - Accession 16205. The genus in new to North America.

Mr. Alphonse Forrer sent 23 species of fishes of northwestern Mexico, collected at Rio Presidio, Mazatlan and Tres Marias Islands, representing the following genera: [[underlined]] Balistes, Culius, Eleotris, Gobius, Clinus, Salarias, Pseudojulis [[/underlined]] ?, [[underlined]] Heros, Gerres, Corvina, Holocentrum, Mulloides, Pristipoma, Haemulon, Lutjanus, Centropomus, Sphyraena, Mugil, Mustelus [[/underlined]] &c.

Dr. T. B. Legaré, of Camden, South Carolina, obtained the first specimen known in that state of [[underlined]] Labidesthes sicculus [[/underlined]], Cope - Accession 16093; catalogue number 37200. This species,