1870.] -^""^ [Cope. 



Char. Muzzle abrnptly decurved, body elongate, slender; scales large. 

 Fins very much developed, elevated and prolonged D. IX. 13. A II. 8. 

 Cheek and pectoral region smooth, operculum scaled, branchiostegal 

 membranes slightly connected. Muzzle and fins black. 



Description. The mouth is horizontal, the premaxillary border below 

 the lower margin of the orbit; maxillary to pupil. Dorsal line a little ele- 

 vated above the occiput, greatest depth 6.25 times in length to origin cau- 

 dal; length of head 4.2 in some (spine omitted'. Opercular spine weak; 

 orbit 3.75 times in head, equal muzzle. Scales 5 — 40 — 6. Fins all elon- 

 gate; V 1.6, cuneiform, reaching the anal; P. 11, narrow, reaching beyond 

 the base of the anal. Anal spines weak, caudal very much rounded. 



Lines. 



Total length 28.3 



Of caudal fin 5 



Of head 6 



Of basis first dorsal 5.3 



Of pectoral 6 



Depth of first dorsal 6 



Of second 3.7 



Of head at occiput 3.2 



Of body at middle first dorsal 4 



The color of three specimens in alcohol is brown with traces of nine 

 spots on the side. Muzzle, chin and spot below the eye black. Fins black, 

 the second dorsal and caudal with whitish bars and specks. 



Three specimens were taken in a tributary of Deep River, Guilford co., 

 N. Ca., by my friend, Samuel C. Collins, Principal of the boarding school 

 at New Garden, IST. Ca., and kindly sent me for determination. 



BOLEOSOJIA MACULATICEPS, Cope. 



Sp. nov. 



R. D IX. 13 A II. 8. Head four times to basis of caudal fin; depth at 

 middle of first dorsal 6.5 times in same. Scales 5 — 41 — 10. Fins largely 

 developed. Orbit 3.75 times in head; opercular spine moderate. 



Pale yellowish, with ill-defined series of dorsal and lateral spots and 

 many speckles between. Top of the nape, head and muzzle marked with 

 large brown spots. All the fins black barred. 



Lines. 



Length 26.8 



Pectoral fin 6 



Median depth 3 



This species is near the B. olmstedi, and may be only a variety. Its 

 clean cheek and double anal spines are characteristic, as well the mark- 

 ings of the head. Common in the upper waters of the Catawba River, 

 N. Carolina. 



BoLEOSOMA OLMSTEDI, Storer, 

 et acctorum. 



Not seen by me in Tennessee or North Carolina. The adult males of 

 A. p. S. — VOL. XI — 6e 



