246 FISHES OF KANSAS. 



of the head orange; belly also orange, as well as the fins. Pectorals 

 dusky in front. 



Of the species above described seven specimens were collected at 

 Beloit, but the same species was obtained at Kirwin, Wa Keeney, and 

 Wallace, which fact shows that it has a wide distribution and is quite 

 abundant. A specimen from Wa Keeney, which has a total length of 3^ 

 inches, is regarded as the special type of the species. The specimens 

 from Kirwin and Wallace are the most brilliantly colored, the head, 

 eyes, belly, and fins being of an intense orange hue. 



It is possible that this is Girard's Moniana aurata, but the scales are 

 not high and narrow enough to bring the species under Girard's genus 

 Moniana. Professor Jordan also indicates that aurata closely resembles 

 lutrcnsis, while it appears to me that my species is quite different. 



10. Notropis deliciosus (Grd.) Jor. &, M'k. 



A single specimen of a fish closely resembling an Indiana straminens 

 is referred to the above species. There appear to be 38 rows of scales 

 crossing the lateral line. 



11. Notropis topeka Gilbert. 



CUola to2)eka, Gilbert, Bull. Washburn Coll. Lab. i, 13. 

 Notropis iopeka, Gilbert, loc. cit., i,98. 



Four specimens of a Notropis are referred to the above species. They, 

 however, present some characters deviating somewhat from those as- 

 signed by Dr. Gilbert in his descriptions. The scales are G-37-4. Eye 

 larger than in the types, being greater than the snout and contained in 

 the head 3 times. The rays of the dorsal, the caudal, and, to a less ex- 

 tent, of the anal, fins are ornamented with lines of black dots, giving 

 the fins a dusky appearance. 



In other resi)ects these specimens conform to the original descrip- 

 tion. 



12. Pimephales notatus (Raf.) Blatchley. 



Hylorliynchus notatus, Jordan &, Gilbert, Synopsis, 159. 

 Pimeiyhalcs notatus, Blatchley, W. S., Proc. Acad., Phila., 1665, G3. 



]!!fumerous specimens were collected which are referred to this species. 

 Some of them are undistinguishable from specimens obtained in In- 

 diana, except that at the caudal base there is a more sharply defined 

 black spot. The scales are dark-edged abo ve, and th ere is a plumbeous 

 lateral band from the snout to the caudal spot, in some cases very dis- 

 tinct, in others obscure. The fins are of a creamy tint, varied with 

 dusky. There is a spot on the anterior raj s of the dorsal and indica- 

 tions of a band extending from this spot across the other rays. 



The resemblance of this species to CUola vig'dax has often been re- 

 marked. ]\Iy specimens agree quite well with Professor Jordan's de- 

 scription of this species in the Proc. U. S. ZS^ational Museum, 1885, p. 3, 

 except that the mouth is a little more inferior than it is in C. vUjilaX' 



