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and the dorsal rays vary from I, 10, to I, 12. This species 

 seems to be the smallest of all the Catostomidae. It abounds 

 in the rapids and rock pools at the "Falls" at Flat Shoals. 



14. MYXOSTOMA PAPILLOSUM. 



Ptyehostomus papillosus Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc, 1870, 470. 



Teretulus papillosus Jordan and Copelaud, Bull. Bull'. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., 1S70, 158. 



This marked and handsome species abounds in the Oc- 

 mulgee River, where it is known as the White Sucker. 

 The papillose lips separate it sharply from all the other 

 known species of this genus. My specimens differ some- 

 what from Prof. Cope's description, as follows. The dorsal 

 outline I should call considerably elevated, rather than "not 

 at all elevated ;" the large head is rather more than one-fourth 

 the length ; the eye is quite large, about 4 in head ; the lips 

 seem to me to be coarsely granular, rather than "finely ;" and 

 finally the dorsal radii are I, 13, and I, 14. Its colors are 

 very pale and silvery. 



15. ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA (Wilson) Storer. 



Fishermen told us that the Shad ascends the Ocmulgee 

 River as far as the Shoals. We saw no specimens. 



16. ICIITHiELURUS PUNCTATUS (Rafinesque) Jordan. 



The Blue Cat, White Cat, or Channel Cat, is excessively 

 abundant in the Ocmulgee. We obtained a great number 

 of specimens, mostly small. They seem to be identical 

 with the northern species, although their habits appear dif- 

 ferent. This species occurs only below the " Falls " or 

 "Shoals." We were informed that all attempts to introduce 

 it above have failed. 



17. AMIURUS BRUNNEUS Sp. nov. 

 A small Cat-fish from the Ocmulgee, was identified by me 



