954 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICIITUYOLOGY IV. 



Page COS. After Vra;\'ulca cognata add: 

 1O62 (6). U. spilota Copr. 



Drown above, yellowish below, everywhere densely punctulate with 

 darker except on the belly; dorsals, caudal, and pectorals barred; anal 

 yellowish; dorsal and base of caudal with blackish spots; sides with 

 large dark spots, forming sometimes seven or fewer cross-bars. Body 

 rather elongate. Eye 4 in head, one-third greater than iuterorbital 

 width. Ilead slightly contracted laterally, not much depressed; one 

 preopercular spine (hooked upward); pectoral reaching vent and front 

 of second dorsal, its rays undivided. Spinous dorsal low; anal begin- 

 ning opposite fourth ray of spiuous dorsal. No trace of palatine teeth. 

 Lateral line incomplete. Head 3^; depth 5. D. VIII-17; A. 13; V. I, 

 4; P. lo; B. 6. L. 3 inches. Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Cope.) 



(Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1865, 82.) 



1O62 (c). U. poIlBcaa-is J. & G. 



Light olive above, blotched and spotted with black; lower part of 

 sides and below light, unmarked; dorsals, pectorals, and caudal with 

 series of spots. Head much depressed; snout broad and flat; profile 

 straight or slightly concave from nape to tip of snout; mouth small, 

 anterior; maxillary reaching vertical from front of orbit; teeth on 

 vomer, none on palatines. Preopercular spine large and strong, spi- 

 rally curved upwards and inwards; a single concealed point below 

 this on margin of preopercle. Spinous dorsal rather low, connected 

 with the long, low second dorsal by membrane; longest dorsal spine 

 equalling length of snout; origin of anal under third dorsal ray; last 

 ray of anal under sixteenth of dorsal; veutrals I, 4, reaching % distance 

 to vent; pectoral rays all simple; vent midway between tip of snout 

 and base of caudal. Lateral line continuous to base of caudal. Xo 

 prickles. Ilead 3?- in length; depth 4;,'; eye 5 in head. I). VII-10; 

 A. 13; P. 17. Lake Michigan. 



(Jor. &, <iiili. I'roc. U. S. Nat. MILS. 1882.) 



Page (!>!>. Instead of the description of Uranidca franl;Uni, given in 

 the text, insert the following: 

 1OGO. 1 . rr:iBikIini (A*;.) Jor. 



I'.ody rather short and stout; snout not very obtuse ; maxillary 

 reaching about to pupil ; eye 4 in head, twice the interorbital space; 

 preopercular Spine hook-like, very acute; paired tins rather short, the 

 pectorals not reaching vent; lirst dorsal nearly as high as second; 



