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ventrals, nearer snout than caudal. Snout blunt, mouth terminal, small, 

 oblique; head broad, interorbital width 2.1 in length of head. Teeth 4-4, 

 with rather broad grinding surface. Intestine more than twice the length 

 of body; peritoneum black. Color very pale; upper part of body with 

 numerous very small dark specks, a few narrow, indistinct lines on anterior 

 half, rnnuiug from median line upward and backward; a dark line from 

 occiput to origin of dorsal; a rather distinct plumbeous band along lateral 

 lino ; base of caudal dark. The specimens from Middle and Beaver creeks 

 are considerably paler, the lateral plumbeous band being evident on caudal 

 peduncle. 



44. Piniephales notatus (Ratinesque). Blunt-nosed Minnow. Ward Creek, Meno- 



ken, Kans. (Gilbert, 1884); Hundred and Two River at Bedford, Iowa, and 

 Mary ville, Mo. ; Blackwater Creek, Brownsville, Saline County, Mo. ; Flat 

 Creek, Sedalia, Mo. ; Grand River, Clinton, Mo., and Tabo Creek, Calhoun, 

 Mo. (Jordan & Meek, 1885); Shunganunga and Ward creeks, Topeka 

 (Gilbert, 1885) ; Shunganunga and Ward creeks, Kans. (Cragin, 1885a) ; 

 Solomon River, Beloit, Kans. ; north fork of Solomon River, Kirwin and 

 Lenora, Kans. ; Saline River, Wakeeney, Kans. (Hay, 1887) ; Big Piney River, 

 Cabool, Mo. ; Little Piney River, Arlington and Newburg, Mo. ; Osage Fork, 

 Marshfield, Mo. ; Lock Fork, Mansfield, Mo. ; Marais River, Dixon, Mo. ; 

 Niangua River, Marshfield, Mo.; Sac River, Springfield, Mo. (Meek, 1891); 

 Big Sioux River at Sioux City and Sioux Falls; Silver Lake, Iowa (Meek, 

 1892) ; Blue River, Crete, Nebr. ; Elkhorn River, Fremont, Nebr. ; Floyd River 

 at Sioux City and Lemars, Iowa (Meek, 1894); Dakota River at Lamoure 

 and Jamestown (Woolman, 1896). 



45. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). Creek Chub. Fort Pierre, Nebr. (as S. 



macrocephalus type, Girard, 1856 and 1858) ; Sweetwater River (as S. speciosus 

 type, Girard, 1856) ; tributary of Platte River (as S. speciosus, Girard, 1858) ; 

 Kansas River near Fort Riley (as S. hammondii type, Abbott, 1860) ; Platte 

 River (Cope, 1865); Kansas River near Fort Riley (as S. eorporalis and S. 

 pallidus, Cope, 1865); Red Cloud Creek (Cope, 1870); Battlo Creek, S. Dak. 

 (as S. eorporalis, Cope, 1879); Shunganunga Creek, Topeka (as S. eorporalis, 

 Gilbert, 1884) ; Hundred and Two River at Bedford, Iowa, and Maryville, 

 Mo. ; Tabo Creek, Lexington and Calhoun, Mo. ; Blackwater Creek, Browns- 

 ville, Saline County, Mo. ; Flat Creek, Sedalia, Mo. ; Grand River, Clinton, 

 Mo. (Jordan & Meek, 1885) ; Mill Creek, AVabaunsee County, Kans. (Gilbert, 

 1885) ; Shunganunga and Mill Creeks and Fort Riley, Kans. (Cragin, 1885a) ; 

 Mission and Blacksmith creeks, Shawnee County, Kans. (Gilbert, 1886); 

 Bear Creek, Boone County, Mo. (Call, 1887) ; Solomon River, Beloit, Kans. ; 

 north fork of Solomon River, Kirwin and Lenora, Kans.; Saline River, 

 Wakeeney, Kans.; Smoky Hill River, Wallace, Kans. (Hay, 1887); Republi- 

 can River, Wano, Kans. ; Middle Beaver Creek, Smith County, Kans. ; Spring 

 Creek, Smith Center, Kans. (Gilbert, 1889); Big Piney River, Cabool, Mo.; 

 Little Piney River atNewburg and Arlington, Mo. ; Jones Creek, Dixon, Mo. ; 

 Gasconade River, Arlington, Mo. ; Lock Fork, Mansfield, Mo. ; Osage Fork, 

 Marshfield, Mo. ; Marais River, Dixon, Mo. ; Niangua River, Marshfield, Mo. ; 

 Sac River, Springfield, Mo. (Meek, 1891); South Platte River, Denver (Jor- 

 dan, 1891a) ; Soldier River at Charter Oak and Boyer River at Arion, Iowa 

 (Meek. 1892); Floyd River at Sioux City (Meek, 1894); Dakota River and 

 Pipestem Creek at Jamestown (Woolman, 1896). 



Obtained by us at the following places: Floyd River, Sioux City; Bazile 

 Creek, Niobrara; Norfolk Creek, Norfolk Junction: Verdigris Creek, Verdi- 

 gris; Long Pine Creek, Long Pine; Bone Creek, Long Pine; Minnechaduza 

 Creek, Valentine; Chadrou Creek, Chadron; Lone Tree Creek, Chadrou ; 

 White River, Crawford ; Beaver < 'reek at York ; Emanuel Creek. Springfield; 

 Crow Creek, Chamberlain; Beaver Creek, Buffalo Gap; Rapid Creek, Rapid 



