516 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DcC, 



Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes). 



Lepomis apiatus Cope, Proc. Amer, Philos. Soc. Pliila., XVII, 1877-78, p. 66. 

 Cotypes, Nos. 11,127 to 11,132, A. N. S. P. Volusia, Florida. E. D. 

 Cope. 



Caloosahatchie River, Fla. (Prof. A. Heilprin). 

 Lepomis auritus (Linn^us). 



A single example labeled "Roanoke River, Va., E. D. Cope," No. 

 13,058, A, N. S. P., may be typical of Lepomis ophthalmicus Cope, 

 Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VI, 1866-69 (December, 1868), pp. 223, 

 224. It would agree in length if the caudal were not included, though 

 the measurements of the depth of the body at the origin of the soft 

 dorsal and at the base of the fifth ray of this fin do not. 



Pomotis soils Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VII, 1831, p. 352, is 

 apparently a composite species based on examples from Lake Pon- 

 chartrain, La., and Philadelphia, Pa. Primarily it seems to be re- 

 stricted to the Louisianan form, as Dr. Jordan examined the types 

 from Philadelphia and pronounced them as probably identical with 

 Eupomotis gibbosus. Drs. Jordan and Evermann, in Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., No. 47, I, 1896, p. 1001, place the Louisianan fish as a distinct 

 subspecies of L. auritus, stating that it has larger cheek scales, about 5 

 or 6 series, and a large dusky blotch on the last dorsal rays. Bollman, 

 in Rep. U. S. F. Com., 1888 (1892), p. 573, includes Lepomis my stacalis 

 Cope as a synonym, and is followed by others, though from my own 

 examination of the types of this latter it is found to be identical with 

 Lepomis palladus Mitchill. That the Florida form is not appreciably 

 different upon comparison of alcoholic examples of L. auritus from 

 Bayport, Fla. (E. D. Cope); South Carolina (Dr. J. E. Holbrook); 

 Catawba and Yadkin Rivers, N. C. (E. D. Cope) ; Lake George, N. Y. 

 (W. S. Vaux), I am satisfied. The original account of Pomotis solis 

 is hardly complete enough for certainty of identification. 

 Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). Fig. 3. 



Lepomis peltastes Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., XI, 1869-70, pp. 

 453, 454. Cotypes, Nos. 12,978 to 12,981, A. N. S. P. Huron River, 

 Michigan. Prof. Alexander Winchell. 

 Lepomis haplognathus Cope, I.e., XXII, 1885, p. 168. Cotypes, Nos. 18,888 

 to 18,889, and 20,397 to 20,398, A. N. S. P. Monterey, Nuevo Leon, 

 Mexico. E. D. Cope. 



This is a most variable species, both in color and structure, especially 

 with reference to the opercular flap. It is possible that Lepomis 

 occidentalis Meek, Field Col. Mus. Pub. 65, Chicago, III, No. 6, 1902, 

 p. 118, PI. 29, and L. haplognathus Cope may exhibit characters in 

 color to render them distinct races of L. megalotis. Certainly L. 

 haplognathus, judged from the alcoholic types, cannot be distinguished 



