132 TELEOSTEI: ACANTHOPTERI. XX. 



with small round scarlet spots ; two orange blotches at base of C. ; 

 a black humeral spot. Dorsals barred with dusky and orange ; A. 

 similar, more orange ; C. barred, its margin black. Head 3 ; 

 depth 4f. D. IX to XII -12 to 14. A. II. 7. Scales 8-60 to 

 70 -X. Vert. 36. L. 2. Ozark region and S., abundant. (To 

 Lieut. A. W. Whipple, U. S. A.) 



ff. Gill membranes little if at all connected. 



*. Lateral line nearly straight, not arched above P. (Oligocephalus * 



Girard. ) 



j. Humeral region with a small, black, scale-like process. 

 k. Cheeks, opercles, and nape naked, or very nearly so. 



I. Scales small, 63 to 73 in a longitudinal series; mouth large, 



terminal. 



357. B. sagitta (Jordan & Swain). Body slender, with long 

 tail ; head long, very slender, the snout sharp ; mouth very large, 

 oblique ; maxillary reaching front of pupil, 3 in head ; jaws sub- 

 equal ; fins high. Green, with faint olive cross-bars ; a dark spot 

 at base of C. ; sides with orange spots ; fins with orange shades. 

 Head 3; depth 4|. D- X-13. A. I, 10. Lat. 1. 68 (48 tubes). 

 L. 2^. Cumberland R., Ky. (Lat., arrow.) 



358. E. punctulatum (Agassiz). Body slender, the snout sharp, 

 the mouth vertical ; eye large ; fins rather low. Dark slaty green, 

 with faint dark bars ; belly orange red ; body and fins profusely 

 dusted with black specks. 1st D. with black band; other fins with 

 wavy bars of dark specks. Head 3| , depth 5f . D. X or XI - 14. 

 A. II, 8 or 9. Lat. 1. 63 to 73 ; pores 50. L. 2. Ozark region, 

 S. Mo. (Lat., dotted.) 



II. Scales rather large, about 53 in lat. 1. 



359. E. virgatum (Jordan). Form and appearance of E.fia- 

 bellare ; head long-pointed ; jaws subequal ; maxillary reaching 

 pupil; preopercle crenulate. Greenish, each scale with a dusky 

 spot, these forming lengthwise stripes ; sides with faint bars. D. 

 and C. barred. Head 3f ; depth 5. D. IX- 10. A. II, 8. L. 2J. 

 Rock Castle R., Ky. (Lat., striped.) 



Ick. Cheeks, opercles, and nape scaly. 



360. E. boreale (Jordan). Body rather elongate, the head 

 heavy, the snout bluntly decurved ; mouth small, horizontal, the 

 lower jaw included ; humeral scale small ; lateral line very short ; 

 dorsals short and small. Gray (in spirits) with 11 or 12 very 

 distinct (blue?) cross-bands, each alternate one meeting its fellow 

 below; 1st D. with a median dark band ; 2d D. barred ; 9 paler. 

 Head 3f ; depth 5f. D. VIII -9. A. II, 7. Scales 4-53-10. L. 2. 

 Montreal. 



jj. Humeral region without black scale-like process, 

 i oAi'yo?, small; 



