ADDENDA Ifl. CYPEINODONTID^ — GAMBUSIA. 893 



stripes following the rows of scales, the stripes a little nanower than 

 the interspaces; a large blackish blotch below eye; fins nearly plain, 

 the npper somewhat dnsky; young with faint dark bars. Body com- 

 paratively long and slender, little compressed. Caudal peduncle long, 

 rather slender. Head long, broad and depressed above. Eye large, 

 about equal to snout, f interorbital width, 3;^ in head. Lower jaw 

 heavy. Teeth small, the outer scarcely enlarged. Fins all small. 

 Head 32; depth 5. D. 8; A. 9; scales 40-10. Indian River, Florida. 

 (Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 1882.) 



Page 343. Lucania venusta is generally common along the Gulf coast. 

 Color nearly plain light oli\e, the males with the dorsal and caudal 

 bright yellow, the anal orange, each of these fins margined with black; 

 dorsal with black spot at base in front, ocellated with yellow. D. 11 or 

 12; A. 1) or 10; scales 26-8. 



Page 343. To the description of Lucania parva add: 



Plain olive, edges of scales darker; front of dorsal with a dusky spot. 



Body comparatively deep, the back somewhat arched. Dorsal high; 



anal small. Head 3^; depth 3 J. D. 11; A. 8; scales 2G-8. L. 1^ 



inches. Connecticut to Florida (Bean). 



Page 345. No. 502 may be redescribed as follows : 



562. a, patroiclis (B. & G.) Grd. 



Light olive, each scale edged with darker; a very narrow dark streak 

 along sides; top of head dusky; an obscure bluish-black bar below 

 eye; a black blotch on each side of belly, caused by the black perito- 

 neum showing through the skin; fins dnsky; the caudal sometimes 

 dotted. Body rather slender. Head small, very broad and much de- 

 [)ressed; teeth in broad villiform bands; eye small. If in interorbital 

 width, 3^ to 3| in head. Intestinal canal as long as body. Dorsal 

 small, far back; distance from its insertion to caudal half that to snout; 

 anal larger and higher than dorsal. Head 4; depth 3 to 4. D. 7; A. 

 8 or 0; scales 30-10. L. H inches. Marshes and lagoons of the South 

 Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Delaware to Mexico, mostly in brackish or 

 fresh water; excessively common in Louisiana. Eastern specimens 

 (var. holhrooJci; INIaryland to Florida) have usually the eye larger, about 

 <me-third length of head, 1^ in interorbital width; head 3'|j in length. 



