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from the very large series of specimens of L. megalotis, which covers 

 every variation. Dr. Meek's accounts do not leave it clear to me that 

 his L. occidentalis is really distinct. Besides L. megalotis Cope, I.e., XI, 

 1869-70, p. 452, examples representing L. nitidus Cope, I.e., p. 453, and 

 L. longispinis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, p. 83, have been 

 examined, and found to be this species. Llano River, Fort Worth, 

 Wichita River, upper Medina River and Dallas (E. D. Cope), Delaware 



Fig. 3. — Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). (Type of Lepomis haplognathus Cope.) 



Creek (Capt. Pope), Brazos River (Dr. Shumard), and Comanche 

 Creek, Tex. (Smiths. Inst.) ; Goodland, Ind. Ter. (Dr. S. E. Meek); 

 Eureka Springs (Drs. D. S. Jordan and C. H. Gilbert), Paragold (Dr. 

 Meek), Greenway (Dr. Jordan), and Fort Smith, Ark.; Brook River, 

 la. (E. D. Cope); Marshfield, Mo. (Drs. Gilbert and Meek); Leaven- 

 worth, Kan. (E. D. Cope); Racine, Wis. (U. S. Nat. Mus.); Detroit? 

 (E. D, Cope), Mich. (Dr. Pitcher); Wabash, Blue and Miami Rivers, 

 Ind. (E. D. Cope); Coal Creek, Tenn. (E. D. Cope); Thomasville, Ga. 

 (J. A. G. Rehn). 



Lepomis humilis (Girard). 



Bnjttus humUis Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1857, p. 201. Cotypes, 

 Nos. 13,166 to 13,168 and 13,1.54, A. N. S. P. Sugar Loaf Creek, Arkansas. 

 H. B. Mollhausen. Smiths. Inst. (No. 428). 



