1910.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 281 



Notropis texanus (Girard). 



Cj/prinella texana Girard, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila., 1856, p. 198. Rio 

 Salado and Turkey Creek, Tex. 



Head 3f ; depth 4$; D. iii, 7, i; A. iii, 7, i; scales 36 + 2; 5 scales 

 above 1.1.; 4 scales below 1. 1. ; about 15 predorsal scales; snout 

 3* in head; eye 3; maxillary 2f; interorbital 3; teeth 4-4, grinding- 

 surfaces narrow; length If inches (caudal damaged). Cotype of 

 C. texana. 



Notropis venustus (Girard). 



Cyprinella venusta Girard. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, p. 198. Rio 

 Sabinal, Tex. 



Head 3£- to 4; depth 3 to 4£; D. iii, 7, i, rarely iii, 6, i; A. iii, 7, i. 

 rarely iii, 6, i; scales usually 32, frequently 33, seldom 30, rarely 

 34 or 35 + usually 2, seldom 3; usually 6 scales above 1. 1., often 7; 

 usually 4 scales below 1. 1., seldom 5; usually 15 predorsal scale-, 

 often 14 or 17; snout 3^ to 3| in head; eye 3£ to 4; maxillary 3 to 

 3f ; interorbital 2\ to 3; teeth usually 1, 4-4, 1, rarely 0, 4-4, 1 or 

 1, 4?-4, 0; length If to ?>\ inches. Cotypes of C. venusta 2. Also 

 7 examples from Johnson's Fork of Llano River and the Rio Colorado 

 at Austin, Tex. 



Notropis stigmaturus (Jordan). PI. XVII, fig. 24. 



Photogenis stigmaturus Jordan, Ann. Lye. N. Hist. X. Y., XI, 1876, p. 337. 

 Trib. Etowah, Coosa and Oostanaula Rivers, Ga. 



Head 4 to 4£; depth 4 to 5; D. iii, 7, i; A. iii, 7, i, rarely iii, 8, i: 

 scales usually 40, sometimes 42, rarely 46 + usually 3, frequently 2: 

 7 scales above 1. 1. ; 5 scales below 1. 1. ; usually 19 predorsal scales, 

 rarely 18, 20 or 22; snout 3^ to 3* in head; eye 3| to 4; maxillary 

 3 to 3£; interorbital 2f to 2|; teeth usually 1, 4-4, 1, rarely 0, 4-4. ; 

 length 2xt? to 3f? inches. Cotypes of P. stigmaturus 8, from the 

 Etowah River. 



Notropis callistius (Jordan). PI. XVIII, fig. 2.5. 



Photogenis callistius Jordan, Ann. Lye. N. Hist. X. Y., XI, 1S76, p. 337. 

 Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers, Ga. 



Head 4; depth Ah] D. iii, 7, i; A. iii, 8; scales 38 + 2; G scales 

 above 1.1.; 4 scales below 1.1.; 17 predorsal scales; snout 3£ in 

 head; eye 3£; maxillary 2f; interorbital 2f; teeth?, 4?-4?, 1?, grind- 

 ing-surfaces entire; length 2| to 3| inches. Cotypes of P. callistius 3, 

 from the Etowah, the largest figured. Said to differ from the pre- 

 ceding in red fin-pigment and more obscure dark caudal spot. 



