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COPEIA 
COPEIA 
taken on June 14. Adults are exceedingly rare in 
local waters. 
Urophycis regius. Codling. The following sum- 
mer records were made: one, May 19; one, June 9; 
one, August 11. Averaging about 7 inches. 
Urophycis tenuis. 
Codling. 
Last taken in 
Spring, May 6. First taken in Fall, September 25; 
was common by October 3, which is much earlier than 
usual. 
Paralichthys 
dentatus. 
Summer Flounder. 
First one taken May 4. Last one taken December 
15, a splendid specimen of 15 lbs. One of 22 inches 
was taken on November 30. November 27, four were 
secured from 28 to 30 inches. 
RoY LATHAM, 
Orient, N. Y. 
FISHES 
FROM THE 
VIRGIN 
ISLANDS, 
WEST INDIES. 
A small collection made by Mr. A. D. Brown 
in 1878 was recently sent to me for study, by Mr. 
C. F. Silvester, of Princeton University. Only one 
example is with definite locality, and that reads St. 
Thomas, July 18, 1878. This is one of the larger 
islands, and due east about forty miles from Porto 
Rico. As no fishes have previously been reported 
from the Virgin Islands, the following list is offered: 
Myrophis punctatus Lutken. 
Hemiramphus 
brasiliensis (Linnaeus). 
Holocentrus adscensionis 
(Osbeck). 
Caranx latus Agassiz. 
Trachinotus 
glaucus (Bloch). 
Epinephelus striatus (Bloch). 
E. adscensionis (Osbeck). Lutianus synagris (Lin- 
naeus). 
Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch). 
Haemulon 
plumieri (Lacepede). 
Bathystoma aurolineatum 
(Valenciennes). B. striatum (Linnaeus). 
Calamus 
calamus (Valenciennes). 
C. kendalli Evermann and 
Marsh. Upeneus maculatus (Bloch). 
U. martinicus 
Valenciennes. 
Sparisoma xystrodon Jordan and 
taken on June 14. Adults are exceedingly rare in 
local waters. 
Urophycis regius. Codling. The following sum- 
mer records were made: one, May 19; one, June 9; 
one, August 11. Averaging about 7 inches. 
Urophycis tenuis. 
Codling. 
Last taken in 
Spring, May 6. First taken in Fall, September 25; 
was common by October 3, which is much earlier than 
usual. 
Paralichthys 
dentatus. 
Summer Flounder. 
First one taken May 4. Last one taken December 
15, a splendid specimen of 15 lbs. One of 22 inches 
was taken on November 30. November 27, four were 
secured from 28 to 30 inches. 
RoY LATHAM, 
Orient, N. Y. 
FISHES 
FROM THE 
VIRGIN 
ISLANDS, 
WEST INDIES. 
A small collection made by Mr. A. D. Brown 
in 1878 was recently sent to me for study, by Mr. 
C. F. Silvester, of Princeton University. Only one 
example is with definite locality, and that reads St. 
Thomas, July 18, 1878. This is one of the larger 
islands, and due east about forty miles from Porto 
Rico. As no fishes have previously been reported 
from the Virgin Islands, the following list is offered: 
Myrophis punctatus Lutken. 
Hemiramphus 
brasiliensis (Linnaeus). 
Holocentrus adscensionis 
(Osbeck). 
Caranx latus Agassiz. 
Trachinotus 
glaucus (Bloch). 
Epinephelus striatus (Bloch). 
E. adscensionis (Osbeck). Lutianus synagris (Lin- 
naeus). 
Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch). 
Haemulon 
plumieri (Lacepede). 
Bathystoma aurolineatum 
(Valenciennes). B. striatum (Linnaeus). 
Calamus 
calamus (Valenciennes). 
C. kendalli Evermann and 
Marsh. Upeneus maculatus (Bloch). 
U. martinicus 
Valenciennes. 
Sparisoma xystrodon Jordan and 
23 
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COPEIA 
COPEIA 
Swain. S. abildgaardi (Bloch). 
S. aurofrenatum 
(Valenciennes). S. viride (Bonnaterre). Callyodon 
taeniopterus (Desmarest). 
C. vetula (Schneider). 
C. caeruleuis (Bloch). 
Pormacanthus arcuatus (Lin- 
naeus). 
Hepatus coeruleus (Schneider). 
Balistes 
vetula Linnaeus. 
HENRY W. FOWLER, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
ANOTHER 
RECORD 
OF AMBLYSTOMA 
OP4CUM 
FROM LONG ISLAND. 
During the summer and fall of 1916 several col- 
lecting trips for the adults of the tiger salamander 
were made, with rather negative results as regards 
that species, but two adults with eggs of the marbled 
salamander, Amnblystonma 
opacum, were found by Mr. 
J. M. Ketcham, of Glen Head, L. I. They were dis- 
covered under logs in a dried-up pond on the Hudson 
Estate near Syosset, and were kept in damp soil. 
After several weeks Mr. Ketcham presented them 
to the N. Y. Zoological Park, where the ova arrived 
on October 31, in rather a dry condition, and shrunk 
to about one-third of their original size. The writer 
placed them into a small aquarium with four inches 
of water, and after being submerged about 45 min- 
utes, they began to hatch. The gelatinous cover had 
absorbed the water, bringing the ova back to their 
natural size, which was about 3-16 of an inch. With- 
in an hour after beginning to hatch, all the larvae had 
emerged. Of the 88 larvae hatched, 76 found their 
way to the Rockefeller Institute, where Dr. Eduard 
Uhlenhuth is using them in his experiments on the 
transplantation of the amphibian eye and other bio- 
logical work. A dozen were retained and are now 
on exhibition in the Reptile House at Bronx Park. 
RICHARD F. DECKERT, 
New York, N. Y. 
Swain. S. abildgaardi (Bloch). 
S. aurofrenatum 
(Valenciennes). S. viride (Bonnaterre). Callyodon 
taeniopterus (Desmarest). 
C. vetula (Schneider). 
C. caeruleuis (Bloch). 
Pormacanthus arcuatus (Lin- 
naeus). 
Hepatus coeruleus (Schneider). 
Balistes 
vetula Linnaeus. 
HENRY W. FOWLER, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
ANOTHER 
RECORD 
OF AMBLYSTOMA 
OP4CUM 
FROM LONG ISLAND. 
During the summer and fall of 1916 several col- 
lecting trips for the adults of the tiger salamander 
were made, with rather negative results as regards 
that species, but two adults with eggs of the marbled 
salamander, Amnblystonma 
opacum, were found by Mr. 
J. M. Ketcham, of Glen Head, L. I. They were dis- 
covered under logs in a dried-up pond on the Hudson 
Estate near Syosset, and were kept in damp soil. 
After several weeks Mr. Ketcham presented them 
to the N. Y. Zoological Park, where the ova arrived 
on October 31, in rather a dry condition, and shrunk 
to about one-third of their original size. The writer 
placed them into a small aquarium with four inches 
of water, and after being submerged about 45 min- 
utes, they began to hatch. The gelatinous cover had 
absorbed the water, bringing the ova back to their 
natural size, which was about 3-16 of an inch. With- 
in an hour after beginning to hatch, all the larvae had 
emerged. Of the 88 larvae hatched, 76 found their 
way to the Rockefeller Institute, where Dr. Eduard 
Uhlenhuth is using them in his experiments on the 
transplantation of the amphibian eye and other bio- 
logical work. A dozen were retained and are now 
on exhibition in the Reptile House at Bronx Park. 
RICHARD F. DECKERT, 
New York, N. Y. 
Edited by J. T. NICHOLS, American Museum of Natural History 
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Edited by J. T. NICHOLS, American Museum of Natural History 
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