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REPORT ON ZOOLOGY, MDCCCXL1V.

Belcher, during the years 1836-1842, containing the Fish ,has appeared in 1842. It is arranged by Sir John Richardson . This Part embraces the family of theGobioidei, in which one new genus and some new species aredescribed ; besides these a new Batrachus and a newSynanceia are instituted. The ten lithographic platesexhibit Fishes which have as yet not been treated of in thetext.

The Yerhandelingen over de natuurlike Geschiedenis derNederlandsche bezittingen ct. door C. J. Temminck , Zoo-loogie. Leiden 1839, 1844, are completed, as has been statedabove in the Report on the Reptilia. The Fish occupytwenty-five pages of text and six plates of figures; they arearranged by Sal. Muller and Schlegel, and are limited tothree Memoirs: On Osteoglossum formosum; Descriptionof four species of Amphacanthus; and a Review of the speciesof the genera Amphiprion, Premnas, Pomocentrus, Glyphi-sodon, Dascyllus, and Heliases, brought from the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas . Figures are given of Osteo-glossum formosum, Amphacanthus dorsalis, corallinus,virgatus,vermiculatus, Pomacentrus fasciatus, trimaculatus, littoralis,chrysopoecilus, Glyphisodon aureus, melas, urdmaculatus,modestus, antjerius, biocellatus, Heliases cinerascens, Premnastrifasciatus.

Of Henric Kroycr’s Danmarks Fiske, Kopenhagen (vid.last Report, p. 98), the second part of the second volumehas appeared. The Fish , as before, are figured in woodcut.This Part contains the following species : Platessa saxicola,limandoides, Hippoylossus rnaxinms, Rhombus vulgaris, max-hnus, hirtus, cardina, Solea vulgaris, Cyclopterus lumpus,Liparis montagni, barbatus , Lepadogaster cornubiensis, Salmosalar, trutta, eriox and fario.

Towards the ichthyological Fauna of Norway a contri-bution is given by v. Dfiben (Om Norriges Hafs-Fauna inderOfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhand-lingar 1844, pp. 13, 111). The species here given havebeen minutely described in the beginning of the year 1845