8-1 CONTKILLIIONS JO NORTH AMERICAN ICHIIIYOLOGV ill. 



Table ehowing the Uistrlbntiin) of the Species in the Different lit rer- Bast us — Continued. 



' Z'j^oneU^i alrUalim, «p. nov.— A Hbort, ibick-fet »pccio>>, rclntcd to Z.welanops Copo. Body sbort 

 and Hiotit, compressKd, especially po.sioriorly, (be dopth about •! tiinei* iii Ibe IcDgtb In base of cniu'nl. 

 Hfod moderate, 3J limes in leiiutli, moderately broad and llitteiiod above, the monib < f Ibo ordiiiury 

 8ort. Dorsal flti well bark, moilir.itely high, of about H rayn; anal larger ili.m the dors.-:!, with seven 

 rayH: venlnil flns quite umali, not reaching quite to Iboiuml: pocloral 11ns sMinll : cand:il fin rounded, 

 of the nsual form: hciIch large, in al)oi\t 30 traiiBver.Ke series. 



Coloration iliill olive; no Hlriiiei imr bara: ecules Blight ly diirk-edgrd : each side willi n large jet-black 

 bbitch on tho sides of the body just above and somewhat in front of the vent: dorsal and nnnl finn 

 speckled. 



Kumerous specimens, 1 J to IJ inches in length, nearly all females, distended with f pawn. In nil, tin- 

 black side-blotch is very distinct. They were taken by Messrs. Biayton and Gilbert, in the Neuse 

 Iviver, near Goldsboro', with JToa titren, Xoturtu eUtttkervi, Achini$ lincattit, and other interesting 

 species. 



