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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP 



[Dec, 



Bryttus oculatus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 1865, p. 83. Cotypes, 

 Nos. 13,146 to 13,153, A.N. S. P. Lake Whittlesey, Minn. J. H. Slack. 



Lepomis anagallinus Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VI, 1866-69 

 (December, 1868), p. 221. Type, No. 13,145, A. N. S. P. Leavenworth, 

 Kansas. Samuel H. Edge. 



Arthur (Dr. S. E. Meek), and Fort Worth, Tex. (E. D. Cope); 



Greenfield (Dr. Meek), Marshfield (Drs. C. H. Gilbert and S. E. Meek), 



and St. Joseph, Mo.; Fort Riley, Kan. (Dr. W. A. Hammond). 



Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque. Fig. 4. 



Lepomis nephelus Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) VI, 1866-69 

 (December, 1868), p. 222. Type, No. 22,619, A. N. S. P. Kiskiminitas 

 River, West Pennsylvania. A. H. Guss. 



Width of head 2^ in its length ; interorbital space 3f in head measured 

 from tip of upper jaw. Edges of body mostly rounded and but slightly 

 trenchant just before origin of spinous dorsal. Head compressed with 

 sides flattened. Length of snout about |- its width. Lips a little 



Fig. 4. — Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque. (Type of Lepomis nephelus Cope.) 



fleshy. Teeth rather coarse, pointed, conic, and in bands in jaws, 

 those on vomer smaller. No palatine teeth. Tongue smooth, rather 

 fleshy, a little pointed and free in front. Each ramus of mandible a 

 little elevated inside mouth. Interorbital space slightly convex. 

 Gill-opening forward to front margin of pupil. Rakers ii, 2 + 10, ii, 

 lanceolate, and about equal to filaments or h of eye. An adnate scaly 



