ADDENDA. 405 



On page 229, after B. eos, add: 



4. B. barratti, Holbr. Short, chubby and compressed; 

 depth 4 in length; head 3f ; lat. 1. on 13 to 30 scales; 

 D. X 13, A. II, 7; lat. 1. 42 to 56. Colors greenish, 

 with dark specks, no blue or red. Georgia to Texas, 

 lately taken by Prof. Forbes in Southern Illinois. 



16. (b) VAILLANTIA, Jordan. 



1. /. camura, (Forbes) Jordan. A slender species, 

 resembling Boleichthys eos in form, and Boleosoma 

 n'ujnun in color. D. X 11; A. I, 8. Illinois. 



On page 247. Many specimens of Elassoma zonatum 

 have been lately obtained by Professor Forbes in South- 

 ern Illinois. The fish, I think, unquestionably forms a 

 separate family, the relations of which are with Aphodo- 

 'deridce, as indicated in the text. Its pharyngeals are as 

 in Aphododerus j the vertebrae are but 28 in number; 

 the fin rays are usually, D. IV, 10; A. Ill, 5. No speci- 

 mens have been taken more than an inch in length. 



On page 296, after Lythrurus ardens, add: 

 4. L. atripes, Jordan. DUSKY RED-FIX. A strongly 

 compressed, deep-bodied species, known at once by the 

 coloration of the fins, the dorsal spot being faint, and 

 there being a dusky bar across the upper part of the 

 fin; the anal is similarly colored to the dorsal, but 

 fainter, and the ventrals are dusky; A. I, 11. Southern 

 Illinois. 



On page 284, after jj. LYTHRURUS, add: 



ii. Teeth without masticatory surface, their, edges always 

 serrate CYPRIXELLA, 8 (b). 



On page 296, before Minnilus, add: 



