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Four of these are in very good condition, and these have heen 

 studied by Mr. Edwin Chapin Starks. The following' paragraphs 

 are taken from Mr. Starks' manuscripts referring to these fishes. 



Ghasmistes oregonus Starks, new species. 



Of the four crania especially examined, the first (number 1 

 of the appended table) appears to be the species referred by 

 Cope (Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1883, p. 151) to the living spe- 



Fig. 32. A, Ghasmistes sp. Quaternary, Fossil Lake, Oregon. B, Chasm istes 

 oregonus Starks. Quaternary, Fossil Lake, Oregon. Type specimen. 



cies Catostomus labiatus Ayres, from Klamath Lake (properly 

 Catostomus snyderi Gilbert, the representative in Klamath Lake 

 of C. occidentals) . The true Catostomus labiatus is a different 

 species, from Sacramento River, earlier called Catostomus occi- 



