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 8}; 
depth 43. 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. 
i. 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. 
1. Scales small, 63 to 73 in « 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 34; depth 44. D. X-13. A.I, 10. Lat. 1. 68 (48 tubes). 
L. 24. 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 5%. D. X or XI-14. 
A. TI, 8 or 9. Lat. 1. 63 to 73; pores 50. L.2. Ozark region, 
S. Mo. (Lat., dotted.) 
ll. Scales rather large, about 53 in lat. 1. 
359. EB. virgatum (Jordan). Form and appearance of E. fla- 
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 32; depth 5. D.IX-10. A.I,8. L. 2}. 
Rock Castle R., Ky. (Lat., striped.) 
kk. 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 32; depth 52. D. VIII-9. A.II, 7. Scales 4-53-10. L. 2}. 
Montreal. 
jj. Humeral region without black scale-like process, 
1 oAcyos, small; cepady, head. 
