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Erermrnii} t(- Clark. — fhtrher Lake, Indiana. 



short and bhint anteriorly, the snout short and rounded; jaws about 

 equal; mouth small, nearly horizontal, the tip of maxillary reaching 

 about to anterior edge of \m\A\ ; eye large, placed high. 



Scales small, the first row on the back above rather smaller and irregu- 

 larly i)laced; cheeks, opercles, and breast well scaled; belly with ordinary 

 scales. 



Spinous dorsal rather high, highest anteriorly, the longest spine 2 in 

 head, the spines slender, the edge of the mendjrane fornjing straight 

 chords joining the spines near their tips; the base of the lin 1.20 in head 

 and covering about 14 rows of scales; dorsals well separated, the space 

 between them 4.25 in head and covering about 3 rows of scales; soft dor- 

 sal rather high and rounded, its longest ray equal to the longest spine, 2 

 in head, the base of the lin 1.32 in head and covering about 15 rows of 

 scales; anal fin rather large, its first spine 2.97 in head, the second spine 

 considerably shorter; the base of the fin 2.38 in head, covering 7 rows of 

 scales; pectoral long, acutely rounded, reaching to tip of ventral or half- 

 way to vent; ventrals rather short, acutish, their length 1.25 in head; 

 caudal rather acute, its length 1.4.S in head. 



Fig. 1. 

 Elheostomn hihh'brandti Evonnann it Clark. Type. 



Ground color, straw-yellow ; sides blotched all over with irregular ])rown 

 blotches; a series of rather elongate blotches along middle of side; belly 

 plain; dorsals, caudal and jiectorals with l)lotches consisting of dots, 

 lines and minute punctulations <>n tlie rays, these somewhat elongate on 

 the caudal and roundish on the other fins; these dots arranged in rather 

 zigzag bars; a dark streak downward from the eye. 



This darter differs from E. iowtr, to wliicli it a|)pears to be mo.st closely 

 related, in the well scaled breast and tlu' more slender form. 



The type (about 2% inches long) is No. (54, OK), U. 8. National ^Tusemn. 



We take pleasure in naming this n(MV species for our friend, ^Ir. John J. 

 Ilildeltrandt oi Logansport, Indiana, an enthusiai^tic angler and a good 

 naturalist. 



22. Microperca punctulata rutnam. 



l.KAST D.VliTKU. 



We have in our collection 1 specimen (^f this species about 13<2 inches 

 long. 



