Cope.] ■ ^^^^ [Jan. , 



in boisterous water at the falls of the Neuse Eiver, 8 miles east of Ealeigh, 

 North Carolina. 



Etheostoma maculatuji, Girarcl. 



Putnam Bull. Mus. Compar. Zool. No. I Hadropterus maculatus, Gi- 

 rard, Proc Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil. 1859, 100. 



My specimens differ from that described by Girard as expressed in the 

 table above, and they may be distinct. They differ among themselves 

 thus : In two specimens the radii are DXI.13 ; in two XII. 13, and in one 

 XII. 12. The type of E. peltatum, Stauff., differs also ; its anal radii 

 should be expressed 1. 10, not II. 9 as heretofore given. I am, therefore, 

 not sure whether it belongs to this genus. 



Several specimens from the upper waters of the Catawba River. 

 Etheostoma blennioides, Eaf. 



From the headwaters of the Cumberland River, Campbell co., Tenn. 



COTTOGASTER, Putn. 

 COTTOGASTER AURANTIACUS, CopO. 



Jour. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philada. 1868, 211. 



One specimen from the French Broad River in Madison co., N. Ca., 

 measui-ing 4 inches, 8 lines in length, more than twice the size of the 

 types, and larger than any species of the group excepting Percina capro- 

 des. Colors, bright yellow and black in life. 



Percina, Hald. 



In this genus the median line of the abdomen and thorax is protected 

 by a series of enlarged spinous scales, as in Etheostoma. This is no doubt 

 a protection to the belly from the rocky and stony bottoms which the 

 animal haunts. 



Percina caprodes, Raf. 



From the South fork of the Cumberland River, Campbell co., Tenn. 



POECILICHTHYS, Agassiz. 



I. Branchiostegal membranes distinct throughout their length. 



Slender; head attenuated, muzzle not decurved ; depth 5.25 lines in 

 length to base caudal; first dorsal low, elongate RXII (XIII); scales 

 small 1. 1. 55-62. Black with scattered crimson spots ; fins crimson not 

 margmed; p. sanguipluus. 



Stout, head short, muzzle abruptly decurved from orbits, latter large, 

 scarcely four times in head ; dorsal line plane, depth 4.5 times in length ; 

 first dorsal elevated R. X (XI-XII); scales larger 1. 1. 50-54. Black with 

 crimson spots in rows of three and four ; fins crimson, yellow and black 

 margined. p. camurus. 



Stout, head acuminate, muzzle not much decurved, dorsal line much 

 arched, depth 4.5 in length ; first dorsal elevated (X-XI) XII ; scales 

 largest 1. 1. 43-47 ; eye small, nearly five lines in length of head. Light, 

 with narrow dark lines enclosing spaced quadrate red-brown spots ; below 

 orange ; head brown lined, fins crimson bordered. p. rufilineatus. 



Like the last but D.XV, scales smaller 1. 1. 53, and dorsal line not 



