270 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



BoLEOSOMA 8HUMARDI (Girard). 



Imostoyna shumardi, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, 8, 498. 



Body elongate, heavy forward. Depth in the length about five ; 

 little compressed ; head in the length three and three-fifths ; broad 

 behind ; the thickness through the opercles equal to the half length of 

 the head. Snout equal to the eye ; four times in the length of the head. 

 Profile descending with a moderate convexity to the snout. Mouth 

 moderate, the maxillary reaching the front of the eye; premaxillary 

 protractile; lower jaw included. Dorsal X, 15; anal II, 11. Pec- 

 torals long, but not reaching the anal ; ventrals as long as the pectorals. 

 Cheeks and opercles scaly. Scales of body 6-52 to 56-11. Color 

 dark olive, with blotches of darker and some indistinct dusky bars along 

 the sides. In life the belly is sometimes largely orange-yellow. Length 

 about three inches. 



Indiana to Texas. CaiToll County (^S, '88, 51) ; Sullivan County 

 (i, '77, 43) ; White River at Indianapolis (1, '77, 43) ; Knox and Posey 

 counties (4, '88, 164) ; Vigo County (4, '88, 167). 



BOLEOi^OMA UEANIDEA (J. and G-)- 



Etheostoma uranidea, Jordan and Gilbert, 1887, 2S, 48. 



Body rather stout and nearly terete. Depth in the length five and one- 

 half times. Caudal peduncle slender. Headlong, in length three and 

 three-fourths times. Snout pointed, a little longer than the diameter of 

 the eye, three and one-half in length of head. Profile descending with 

 a regular curve to the lip. JNIouth large, terminal, slightly oblique, 

 the maxillary reaching the pupil. Upper jaw protractile. Eye in head 

 four. Gill membranes not united. Pectorals not reaching the vent. 

 Anterior portion of midline of belly with slightly modified and enlarged 

 scales. Cheeks naked ; opercles scaled. Scales of body 6-52 to 60-8. 

 Lateral line complete. Dorsal rays XI, 13. Anal rays II, 10 or 11. 

 Color olive, with four or five brown dorsal cross-bands, which reach well 

 down on the sides. The broadest of these crosses the back between the 

 two dorsal fins. Along the lateral line is a number of small blotches be- 

 tween the ends of the dorsal bars. Living specimens have the lower 

 surface yellow or orange. Length three inches or a little more. South- 

 ern Indiana to southwestern Arkansas. Has been taken at Vincennes 

 and New Harmony (4, '8<S, 164). 



Genus DIPLESIUM Rafinesque. 



Body elongate, little compressed Head large with short snout and 

 swollen cheeks. Mouth small, inferior, horizontal. Premaxillary little 

 protractile. Maxillary closely bound by the skin to the preorbital, so as 

 to be non-protractile. No teeth on vomer or palatines. Gill membranes 

 broadly united. Lateral line complete. Anal with two strong spines. 



