362 NEW SPECIES OF FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



Onr specimens are from North River at Loch Laird. Va. ; from Buf- 

 falo Creek, near Lexington, Va. : and from Elk Creek, near Natural 

 Bridge. All of these streams flow into James River. 



In this connection may be described the following species from Mexico: 



15. Etheostoma australe Jordan, sp. nor. (Type 24625, Mus. Comp. Zool.) 

 Subgenus Etheostoma. Allied to K. oceruleum Storer. 



Head, 3| in length; depth, 4£. D. xi, 11. A. I. 8. Lat. 1. 59. Length, 



2 inches. 



Form of E. cccmleum, mouth rather small, the lower jaw included; 

 maxillary reaching front of pupil : eye small, about as long as the sharp, 

 pointed snout, 44 to 5 in head; gill membranes slightly connected; 

 cheeks, opercles, nape, and breast naked ; lateral line incomplete. Fins 

 in males rather high; anal fin with a single spine (in all three specimens), 

 this spine long and quite strong. 



Color in spirits: Males with ten oblique white cross-bands, probably 

 scarlet in life, these alternating with white blotches on back; a dark 

 spot below eye and a dark humeral spot. Female specimen (with eggs) 

 speckled with dark cross-blotches on back ; scales punctnlate. 



I have examined three specimens of this species collected in the 

 Chihuahua River, Mexico, by John Potts. These specimens are among 

 the original types of IHplesion fasciatus Girard (Proc. Ac, Nat, Sci. 

 Phila., 1859, 101). The name fasciatus can not, however, be retained, as 

 the prior Catonotiis fasciatus Girard (oj). cit.. p. 67) belongs also to the 

 subgenus Etheostoma, being a synonym of Etheostoma JiabeUare. 



U. S. Fish Commission, October 5, 1S88. 



