MS jjri,Li;riN iis, imiki* pSTatks nationai, mtskim. 



sprrios »|»'sriilMMl li\ S;iy, llowrvrr, a n'cnit «>\iiiiiiiiiitioti ot typ*' of 

 77/f <f^>/>.v liy Mr. |{. Imu's INicorU iiiis piovni that N<'\vp»»rt was wroii;^ 

 as to llif sprciiiuMi lia\ ill!;: nccrlli. TaUinir litis info ronsidcialioii tlic 

 syiioiioiny of t liis .species iiiiist stainl as inilicaled alxne ami the iiaiiic 

 as Thffid^ps jutstivHs (Say). 



"16. Ooopliilua luboiinSny. .lomn. Aia«l. NjiI. S.i. I'liilii.. 1 1:!, IS'JI. 

 (Iviiithiliix fii>li)ilifii.i \\\uu\. .Iimrii. Acjitl. N;il. S«m. I'liilji., 1 1, IMJi'J. 



On ateoiiiif oftlir (lillerciicc of coloration assinncd l»y Say and N(nv- 

 port to this siH'«'i»»s. I do not feel sni«' of my idcnl lication. Say says 

 his specimen is •* /vv/," and this would pie\ent me from idcntilyinj;' 

 ndnns with ct itfmlit'iis : hnt "Newpoit, who has examined ami deseiibed 

 Say's type, which is in the Riitish Museum. coiM'»'rnin;4 the <oloration 

 says: '- Siitiitatc tiuntiitincus. Hum iifKlimio ihiplici ti'uini c sufmniin <or 

 ports prinii ail pttiiiltimittii thicfti." 



When we take into considerali<m this ])ernliar patfi'in of coloration, 

 the nnnd)er of pairs of leys (."ilM. and the Icnuth of anal pair (hanUij 

 ('.vcrrilinn tlnprnrditHt), there is only one known species with which we 

 can possibly id«'ntify (he riihciis of Say, and that our common aiul 

 widely «listrihuti'd (». nplitdicus Wood. 



That Say's species is a true dropliihis is indicated by the following 

 lV(Mn his description : '^^sqiniiiits iritli tiro loiujitiid'nuti iinptvsscil linen."' 



If Say had not mentioned this and no types of his species liad lu'eii 

 l>res(>rved I would hardly hesitate to identity ndxiis with i\\v /idr(( of 

 Sa.m'r or the //(•/// /•/■o/>/^s of Wood. As it is I <'annot sec why we should 

 not eonsitler ndn'ns ami ('tplioliriin identical. 



17. GeophiluB atteiiuatus Sav. .louni. Aoad. Nat. S( i. I'liila.. Ill, ISJl (l^iilhnn 

 States). 

 (uophiliis hiinnnliii i»< WoiHl. .loiuii. Aiad. Nat. Sci. i'liiia., ir>, \S{i2 { nHnoin, 



South Ciwolinn). 

 iifitlihilns i/coi'ijidinis .MtMin-ri. ''roi'. .Xiiu-r. I'liil. Soc, 21!l, ISStJ {(icorgia). 

 Schcndjilii.' pvrt'onitKs MoNimII. l*n>c. l'. S. Nat. Mus., :^L»5, IXHl {Ptnmvola, 

 Fin.). 



Of the sevi'uteen new speeios described by Say this <me is the most 

 inaccurately described and the one which has ;;iveu me the most 

 trouble in regard to its identiticatiou. 



Nevertheless when wt .ake iuto consideration that there are ouly 

 three s])ecies (l((tro. hipiniiiicvp.s-, and J'(>r<(ifii.s) fouiul iu or very near 

 the rc*iion in which Say collected, ami compare them with Say's de- 

 scription of (itteuiitttus, I have I'ouiul that oiiiy one, bipKnvfirc})^, agrees 

 in regard to the shape of body and the length of anal k^gs. 



Although most }»ersons would consider ottcnindNH unidentifiable, 1 

 think, at least tor the present or until more light (;au be thrown upon 

 Say's species, it is best to regard it the same as bipiinctiveps. 



Besides the above seventeen new species Say has also noticed two 

 others — Fontaria rirf/iniensis and Svutujern forwj}s. 



