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^nd the latter species is said to have 16 cross-bauds. Hydrargyra lucice 

 Baird has a dorsal ocellus, aud is most likely some other fish. 



Head, 3f to 4 iu leugth ; depth, 3|. D. 8 or 9. A. 11. Scales, 33-12. 

 Length of lougest sjiecimeu, 2^ iuches. 



Color dusky above, the sides with faiut pearly dots, which are most 

 conspicuous in the female. Males with the dorsal aud caudal dotted, 

 the latter most so, the dots sometimes arranged in cross-series, some- 

 times irregularly scattered. Male with about 10 narrow dark cross- 

 bands. Female without bands, the tins entirely plain dusky. No black 

 blotch below eye. No dorsal ocellus in either sex. 



.15. Gambusia patrueUs, Baird & Girard. 35196, 32413, 32422. 



Many specimens, mostly females, not gravid. I find it extremely diffi- 

 cult to distinguish large females of this species from the typical speci- 

 men of Zygonectes inurus, with which I have compared them. It is 

 probable that the typical example of the latter species is really a large 

 Gambusia. 



16. MoUienesia latipinna, Le Sueur. 35197; 35210; 35211; 35216; 32415; 32416; 



32418; 32421. 



(MoUienesia lineolata, Girard.) 



These specimens do not confirm the validity of the distinctions be- 

 tween M. latipinna and 31. lineolata given by us in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1882, 259. It is probable that no permanent difference exists. 



17. Anguilla rostrata, (Le Sueur). 35215 (5). 

 1.8. Elassoma zonatum, Jordan. 32423 (14). 



A specimen about an inch in length. Coloration very dark ; eight 

 cross- bauds broader than the interspaces; a dusky scapular blotch; a 

 dark blotch below eye. Dorsal, anal, and caudal with narrow, distinct, 

 -dark cross-bands; pale parts of body everywhere soiled with dark 

 points. 



Head, 3 in length; depth, 3. D. IV, 11 ; A. Ill, 5 or 6. Scales, about 

 .3(5. 



18. Micropteius salmoides, (Lac). 35200. 



19. Lepomis cyanellus, Eaf. 35198; 35201. 



Numerous specimens, varying considerably in form of body. 

 -20. Lepomis symmetricus, Forbes. 35213 ; 32410 ; 32419. 



Numerous specimens, the largest 3^ inches in length, agreeing closely 

 -with Dr. Forbes's original description, and with one of his types (29864). 



Head, 2f; depth, 2|o- D. X,9; A. Ill, 9. Scales, 5-33-13. Mouth 

 much smaller than in L. cyanellus^ the supplemental maxillary larger ; 

 maxillary 2| in head. Gill-rakers long and slender. 



Color in spirits very dark. Soft dorsal mottled with darker, and in 

 3 specimens provided with a black ocellus; fins all dusky. Small sped- 



