208 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



dorsal fiu appear to lie behind the ventrals. There are seventeen, 

 instead of thirteen, scales in front of the dorsal. Anal rays, eight. 

 These specimens with two teeth in the outer row may form a distinct 

 species. 



Western New York to Kansas. Indiana localities are: Vincennes 

 (4, '6S, 163); Greene County (J5, '84, 207; teeth, 2, 4-4, 2); Pulaski 

 County (i3S, '88, 55; 4, '88, 158); Tippecanoe River at Winamac; Tip- 

 pecanoe River (7, '77, 45); Eel River system (4, '94, 37); Lake Max- 

 inkuckee and Laporte County (.^4. '93, 87). This species eats some 

 mud, a little vegetation, seeds and algae. A.bout three-fourths of the 

 food consists of insects and crustaceans. The females taken at Winamac 

 July 1 were filled with spawn. 



NoTROPis CAYUGA Meek. 



S E Meek, Bull. U. S. Fish Commission, 1891, 117. 



This species appears to range from New York to Iowa. It has lately 

 been found in Northeastern Indiana by Professor P. H. Kirsch. It is 

 nowhere common. 



In s:ent-ral appearance it resembles N. keterodoii and N. anogenus. 

 Scales, thiity-six to thirty eight. Lateral line not com])lete. Dorsal rays, 

 eight ; aual rays, seven or eight. Head, in length, four or a little more ; 

 depth in length, four and one fourth. Mouth somewhat oblique, small, 

 the lower jaw not projecting. Sides with a dark, lateral band ; these 

 meet on ilie upper jaw, but not on the lower. Eel River system (4» 

 '94, 36;. 



NoTROPis JEJUNUS (Forbcs). 



Minmlvs jejiavm, Jord.iu and Gilbert, 1882, S, 194. 



This species has its distribution from Pennsylvania to Kansas, and has 

 recently been taken by P. H. Kirsch in Indiana, at Logansport. The 

 form is rather blender; deplh, four and one-half to four and two-thirds 

 in the lengtb. Head in length, four; the snout blunt; the mouth large 

 and oblique; the teeth 2-4-4-2, and without grinding surface. The. 

 lateral line is complete and nearly straight. Scales, 5-37-3 ; sixteen in 

 front of ihe dor.-al. Dorsal opposite the ventrals; its rays, eight; anal, 

 seven. Length about three inches. Logansport, on limestone bottom 

 a, '94, 37). 



