248 FISHES OF KANSAS. 



5. Notropis lutrensis (Bd. &. Gd.) Gilbert. 

 Abinulaut. Some females with teeth 1, 4-4, 1. 



6. N. asneolus Hny. 

 Two specimens. 



7. Pimephales promelas confertus (Gid.) Gilbert. 



8. P uotatus(Ral'.)Blatch. 



9. Amiurus melas (Raf.) Jor. & Copol. 

 One siieeimen. 



IV. — Collection at Lenora, Xoeton County, N^ortii Fork of 



Solomon River. 



At Lenora tlie ^orth Fork of tlie Solomon River is a small, and in 

 most places a shallow, stream, flowing with sufficient rapidity to cany 

 away the finer materials and leave for itself a clean bed of sand. A 

 part of our work was done in the main stream, but another j>art in a 

 shallow, but in i»laces, broad stream a mile from the vdlage. 



1. Etheostoma lepidum Baird & Girard. 



Boleosoma Jepida, Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. Phila., 1853, 338. 

 Pmciliclithys lep'uhis, .Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 18S2, 517. 



To the above species I refer numerous specimens secured at Lenora. 

 Since they, however, differ in some respects from any published descrip- 

 tions of P. Icpidus and of Aplesioii iwffsii, OUgocephalus grahami, 0. 

 leonensis, and 0. pulclieUus, all of which are regarded by Messrs. Jordan 

 •& Gilbert as identical, I proceed to give a somewhat detailed account 

 of the specimens in mj' possession. 



Body fusiform, somewhat compressed. Head i)ointed, contained in 

 the length to the caudal 4 times. Mouth little oblique, rather large, 

 the maxillary extending back a little beyond the vertical from the an 

 terior edge of the orbit. Jaws equal. Preraaxillaries non-projectile 

 Teeth prominent. Eye moderate, equal to the snout, and 4 in the head 

 Operculum, cheeks, and breast scaleless. Outer lamina of the preoper 

 cular creuulated. Fins as follows : D X— 13 ; A II. 7. Base of anterior 

 dorsal in length of head and body 3^; its height one-half its length 

 Base of the soft dorsal in length to the caudal 41; three-fourths as high 

 as long. Anal base half that of the first dorsal. First anal spine 

 strong. 



Scales G-50 to o3-3. Pores of the lateral line on 35 scales; these 

 ceasing just behind the middle of the soft dorsal. 



The ground color is a dark olive. There are in the males about 10 

 vertical bars of indigo blue, the i)osterior five of which are much the 

 most distinct. These vertical bars are in many specimens separated 

 by bars of orange. Dorsals barred with indigo and orange. A dark 



