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ing to Prof. Forbes rather opaque in life ; sides with 8 to 10 dark, squarish 

 blotches, quite small and far apart; a blackish shade forward from eye and 

 a dusky shade across operele. 



Numerous specimens in the State collection, some about 2i inches 

 long, taken by Prof. Forbes in the Little Wabash River, (a sandy stream,) 

 in Efiingham Co., in July. Two others, larger, one of them, the type of 

 this description, 4^ inches long, collected by Mr. C. K. Worthen, in a small 

 rocky tributary of the Mississippi, in Hancock Co. These were described 

 as veriy highly colored when fresh, presenting "almost all the colors of the 

 rainbow." 



Genus PERCINA, Haldeman. 



3. Percina caprodes (Raf.) Gird. LoG Perch. Hog Fish. (xM. V. 



219 ; B. I. M. 36.) 



In clear rapid waters; probably generally distributed. Ver- 

 milion E.., Calumet R., Wabash R., Pine Cr., (Ogle Co.) 



4. * Percina manitou 3 oxdL3M. Manitocj Darter. (M. V. 220.) 



From Lake Manitou, a tributary of the Wabash in Indiana ; 

 also from Wisconsm. 



Genus ALVORDIUS, Gu-ard. 



5. Alvordius maculatus Grd. Black Sided Darter ; Blenny Darter. 



(M. V. 220 ; Etheostoma hlennioides Nelson, 35.) 



In clear waters — generally distributed. Ogle Co.; Tazewell 

 Co.; Clear Cr., Union Co. 



6. Alvordius phoxocephalus (Nelson) Cope and Jordan ; Sharp-Nosed 



Darter. (M. V. 221, Etheostoma phoxocephalum Nelson, 35.) 



Illinois River ; a few specimens in the collection ; also from 

 Tennessee and Kansas. 



Genus EEICOSMA, Jordan. 



7. *Ericosma evides Jordan & Copeland. Gilded Darter. (M. V. 221. 

 Etheostoma evides Nelson 36.) 



At present known only from White River, a tributary of the 

 Wabash in Indiana. 



Genus IMOSTOMA, Jordan. 



8. Imostoma shumardi (Grd.) Jordan. Big-headed Darter. (M. V. 

 222.) 



Specimens in the Indiana State collection from Wabash River 

 in Crawford Co., and in the National 3Iuseum from the Illinois 

 River in La Salle Co. 



