274 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [April, 



Notropis cayuga Meek. PI. XV, fig. 2. 



Tvo from Silver Lake and one from Brook River, la., the latter 

 long ago named as new by Cope in MS. 



Notropis cayuga atrocaudalis Evermann. 



Head 3* to 4|; depth 3* to 4; D. hi, 7, i; A. hi, 6, i; scales usually 

 35, frequently 34, often 36 + usually 2, seldom 3; 6 scales above 

 1 1 ; usually 5 scales below 1. 1., rarely 4 or 6; usually 15 predorsal 

 scales, often 16; snout 3* to 4 in head; eye H to 4; maxillary 3* to 

 3|; interorbital 2\ to 3; teeth 4-4; length 2 to 3 inches. Thirteen 

 from Palestine, Tex. 



Notropis fretensis (Cope). PI. XV, fig. 3. 



Hybopsis fretensis Cope, Tr. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., (2) XIII, 1866, p. 

 382. Near Detroit, Mich. 

 Type of H. fretensis. It is not at all likely this species may be 

 identical with N. cayuga, as suggested by Jordan and Evermann. 



Notropis deliciosus (Girard). PI. XV, figs. 4-6. 



Monmna deliciosa Girard, Proc. Ac-ad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, p. 199. Leon 

 ^S^^S^prPr-Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, p. 283. 



Hyfo^^nsis Cope, Prelim. Rep. U. S. Geol. Sur., 1870 (1871), 

 p. 437. St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Head 3f to 4£; depth 31 to 5; D. iii, 7, i, rarely hi, 5, i; A. hi, 6, i: 

 scales usually 33 or 35, frequently 34. seldom 30 or 32, rarely 36 or 

 37 + usually 2, rarely 3; usually 5 scales above 1. 1., seldom 6; 4 

 scales below 1. 1.; usually 16 predorsal scales, frequently 15, often 14. 

 occasionally 17, seldom 18, rarely 13; snout 3 to 3* in head; eye 2f 

 to 3f; maxillary 2* to 3f; interorbital 2* to 3f; teeth 4-4; length 

 li to 2| inches. Cotype of M. deliciosa, 6 of H. strammeus (type 

 No 4, 131, A. N. S. P.) and 4 of H. missurimsis (type No. 4,374, 

 A N.' S. P.). Also 123 examples, from Grosse Isle and Haughton 

 Lake, Mich.; Calhoun and Chariton, Mo.; Wichita River, Tex. 



Notropis volucellus (Cope). PI. XV, fig. 7. 



Head 3} to 3|; depth 4* to 4|; D. iii, 7, i; A. iii, 7, i, rarely iii, 

 8 i- scales usually 32, often 33 or 34, rarely 30 or 31 + usually 2. 

 rarely 3; usually 5 scales above 1. 1., rarely 6; usually 4 scales below 

 1 1 rarely 5; usually 13 or 14 predorsal scales, frequently 12 or 15: 

 snout 3i to 4i in head; eye 3£ to 3f; maxillary 3f to 4; interorbital 

 91 to 3- teeth 4-4; length 2* to 2A inches. Ten from Hicksville, O. 



