954 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY — IV. 



Pago G98. After Urcmidea cognata add: 

 1062 (&). U. spiBota Cope. 



Brown above, jellovvisb below, everywhere densely punctulate with 

 darker except on the belly; dorsals, caudal, and pectorals barred; anal 

 yellowish; dorsal and base of caudal with blackish spots; sides with 

 large dark spots, forming sometimes seven or fewer cross-bars. Body 

 rather elongate. Eye 4^ in head, one-third greater than interorbital 

 ■width. Head slightly contracted laterally, not much depressed; one 

 preopercular spine (hooked upward); pectoral reaching vent and front 

 of second dorsal, its rays undivided. Spinous dorsal low; anal begin- 

 ning opposite fourth ray of spinous dorsal. No trace of palatine teeth. 

 Lateral line incomplete. Head 3i; depth 5. D. VHI-IT; A. 13; V. I, 

 4; P. 15; B. 6. L. 3 inches. Grand Rapids, Michigan. {Cope.) 



(Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1865, 82.) 



1062 (c). U. poaBacas-is J. »t G. * 



Light olive above, blotched and spotted with black; lower part of 

 sides and below light, unmarked; dorsals, pectora's, and caudal with 

 series of spots. Head much depressed ; snout broad and flat; profile 

 straight or slightly concave from nape to tip of snout; mouth small, 

 anterior; maxillary reaching vertical from front of orbit; teeth on 

 vomer, none on palatines. Preopercular spine large and strong, spi- 

 rally curved upwards and inwards; a single concealed point below 

 this on margin of preopercle. Spinous dorsal rather low, connected 

 with the long, low second dorsal by membrane; longest dorsal spine 

 equalling length of snout; origin of anal under third dorsal ray; last 

 ray of anal under sixteenth of dorsal; ventrals I, 4, reaching § distance 

 to vent; pectoral rays all simple; vent midway between tip of snout 

 and base of caudal. Lateral line continuous to base of caudal. No 

 prickles. Head 3| in length; depth 4f ; eye 5 J in head. D. VII-19; 

 A. 13; P. 17. Lake Michigan. 



(Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 



Page 699. Instead of the description of Uranidea franJdini, given in 

 the text, insert the following : 

 1069. U. fii*aeali.lini (Ag.) Jor. 



Body rather short and stout; snout not very obtuse; maxillary 

 reaching about to pupil ; eye 4 in head, twice the interorbital space ; 

 preopercular spine hook-like, very acute ; paired fins rather short, the 

 pectorals not reaching vent ; first dorsal nearly as high as second ; 



