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Body robust, cylindrical, head and caudal peduncle slightly 

 compressed ; dorsal curvature less than ventral. 



Head AhA'î ; depth 5 ; snout 4;{ in head ; eye small, 5 in 

 head, U in snout ; D. 8, A. 8 ; scales 12-72-8 or 9. 



Head short, rounded above ; snout, bluntish ; mouth small, 

 obhque, lower jaw included ; maxillary not reaching the orbit ; 

 barbel not évident. Teeth 2.5-4. 2 normally, but number often 

 reduced, frequently by absorption, hooked and without grinding 

 surface. 



Fins small, rounded ; dorsal inserted well behind the ven- 

 trals, the tip, when depressed, over middle of base of anal ; 

 anal smaller than dorsal and of same shape ; ventrals small, 

 reaching nearly to vent in maies, not so far in females ; pec- 

 torals inserted low, and reaching half wa}^ to ventrals. Scales 

 small, a little reduced and crowded anteriorly ; latéral line com- 

 plète at ail stages. 



Coloration, dull, bluish black above ; duller on the sides and 

 passing into white below ; a dark latéral band from black 

 patch on operculum to base of caudal, sometimes not well 

 defined anteriorly ; a paler narrow band above, and scattered 

 dark scales below ; latéral surface below band, and extending from 

 base of pectoral to caudal, red in breeding maies ; paler or wan- 

 ting in females. Dorsal and caudal fins same color as the back ; 

 pectorals and anal dusted ; ventrals whitish. Length 5-6 inches. 



Rubrilateralis is very close to, if not identical with ,L. carie- 

 toni Kendall, a species reported from the State of Maine by Dr. 

 Wm. Converse Kendall, {U. S. F. Com., Vol. xxii, 1902, 

 pp. 357-8). 



(The Canadian Field-N aturalisl.) 

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FLORE DU LABRADOR 



Il y a nombre d'années, disons même : en 1895, M. l'abbé 

 P. Lemay, missionnaire à Rivière-Pentecôte, côte nord du bas 

 Saint-Laurent, aujourd'hui à sa retraite, et botaniste fort en- 



