124 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [1885. 



' Two very small specimens of Cyprinella suavis are in the museum of the Academy. 

 Head 4i in length ; depth 3^ ; eye 4 in head ; snout rather pointed ; maxillary scarcely 

 reaching eye; 4 in head. Body elliptical, rather deep. D.8. A. 9. Scales 5-32-3 ; 

 15 before dorsal. (Meek.) This description indicates Notropis luU-ensis. 



2 The specimens which we supi)ose to be types of Cyprinella notala consist of one 

 Notropis lutrensis and two of another species, closely allied to N. cercostigma, hut with 

 larger scales (lat.l. 34) and faint caudal spot. The latter species may retain the name 

 of Notropis noiatus. 



^ Cyprinella ivhippleiyGirarfi, 1856= Cyprinella analoslana, Girard, 1859. 



* Cyprinella macrostomaia apparently a valid species. The description in the Synop- 

 sis is from the type. 



6 Two types of Cyprinella vennsta (140 S. I. ; Rio Sabinal) are in the museum of the 

 Academy. These have head 4 in length ; depth 3f ; scales 5-31-3; 15 before dorsal. 

 Teeth 4-4. Eye 3f in head; snout 4. D. 7. A. 8. Maxillary reaching front of eye, 3|iu 

 head. Mouth very oblique ; jaws subequal. Scales larger than in most related species. 

 Brownish above, with a silvery retiection along sides. A round black spot at base of 

 caudal as large as eye. 



This species is distinct from C. texana. The eye is smaller, the mouth more oblique, 

 and the snout more pointed in C. vennsta than in C. texana. The caudal spot is much 

 more distinct in the former than ia the latter. (Meek.) 



From the above description it would appear that this species is distinct from the 

 common Notropis cercostigma {= Luxilus chickasavensis,'H.aj =^ Cliola urostigma, Jordan 

 & Meek), with which species I had recently identified Girard's description. N. stigma- 

 turns, Jordan = Ci/j?r(«e/?« caUinra, Jordan, is very close to N. cei-costigma, diSev'mg 

 chiefly in the smaller scales (44 instead of 38). 



6 One specimen of Cyprinella texana (128 S. 1., from Rio Salado) is in the museum 

 of the Academy. 



Head 4 ; depth 3f . D, 7, A. 8. Scales 5-35-3. Teeth 4-4. Eye 3 in head ; snout 

 3J; 15 scales before dorsal. Mouth small, little oblique ; the snout blunt, projecting. 

 Maxillary 3| in head, not quite reaching front of orbit. Mouth more inferior than is 

 shown in Girard's figure ; the snout more blunt. Caudal spot faint. (Meek.) 



This species is perhaps identical with N. notatns. It can hardly be the young of 

 N. cercostigma. 



''One specimen of Cyprinella Indibunda, 11 inches long (S. I., 132, from Cottonwood 

 Creek), is in the museum of the Academy. 



Head 4 ; depth 4f . Eye 3 in head ; snout 4. D. 8, A. 7. Scales 4-31-3 ; 13 before 

 dorsal. Mouth oblique ; maxillary 3f in head, its tip reaching front of eye. First 

 rays of dorsal reaching beyond last when depressed. Scales dusky above. 



^ Moniana lutrensis, B. & G. = Moniana pnlcliella, Grd. = Moniana gracilis, Grd. = 

 1 MonianalwtaUlis, Grd. =: Moniana couchi, Grd. = ? Cyprinella suavis, Grd. = Moniana 

 gibbosa, Grd. = Moniana jugalis, Cope = Hypailepis iris, Cope = Cyprinella billingsiana, 

 Cope = Cyprinella forbesi, Jor. 



