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24. NOTURUS INSIGNIS, {Richardson) Gill & Jordan. 

 Margined Stone Cat. 



(Figs. 5G and 57.) 

 PimeJodon livrec, Le Sueur (1819), Mem. tlu Mus. v, 155. 

 I'iinelodus insujne, Richardsox (I'-'iJG), Fauua Boreali-Aincricana, iii, 132 (name only, 



based on Lo SiUMir's description). 

 Pimelodus Itmniscaim, Cuv. & Val. (1840), xv, 144. — Storeu (1846), Synojjsis, 405. 

 NoUirus Umnincaius, Girahd (1859), Pioc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 158.— Gill (1802), Proc. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 45.— Gu.nthee (1864), Cat. Fishes, v, 104. — JoitDAN 



(1876), Man. Vert. 30:i.— Jordan &, Copeland (187G), Check List, 160. 

 Notiirus occideiitalis, Gunther (1864), Cat. Fishes, v, 105 (not of Gill). 

 Nolurits marginatm, Baird, MSS.— Cope (1839), Jonin. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 237. — 



Cope (1870), Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 484.— .Jordan & Copeland (1876), Check 



List, 160.— Jop.DAN (1876), Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y.— . 



Habitat. — Peiiusylvauia to South Carolina. Tbis species was flrt^t 

 noted by Le Sueur under the name of Pinteloilon livree, but for some 

 reason that author neglected to give it a chissical name. The name of 

 insigne was supplied by Richardsson, and thiit of lemniscatus by Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes. The description of the coloration is such as to leave 

 no i)ossible doubt of the identity of this species with Le Sueur's. 



No satisfactory description of this common fish has yet been pub- 

 lished. It is well distinguished Irom miuruti and exiiis by the char- 

 acters given above in the analysis of species. 



25. NOTURUS EXILIS, Nelson. 



Slender Stone Cat. 



(Figs. 58 and 59.) 

 Noturus exiiis, Nelson (1876), Bull. Ills. Mus. Nat. Hist. 51.— Jordan &- Copeiand 

 (1876), Check List, 160.— Jordan (1877), Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. — . 



Habitat. — Wisconsin and Illinois to Missouri and Kansas. 



The synonymy of this species needs no remark. Its relations are 

 entirely with margiaatus, from which species it is undoubtedly distinct. 

 Specimens from Wisconsin are much less elongate than Nelson's original 

 types. I do not, however, consider them specifically distinct. 



26. NOTURUS MIURUS, Jordan. 



Variegated Stone Cat. 

 (Figs. 60 and 61.) 

 Koturus miurns, Jordan, MSS. — .Jordan &. Copeland (1876), Check List, 160. — Jordan 

 (1877), Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 46 (name only). — Jordan (1877), Ann. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y. — . 

 Noturus martjinat Its, J oiiDAS (1876), Man. Vert. 303.— Nelson (1876), Bull. Ills. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist. 50 (not of Baird). 



Hahitat. — Great Lakes and Ohio Valley to Wisconsin and Louisiana. 



