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ing to Prof. Forbes rather opaque in life ; sides with 8 to 10 dark, squarish 
blotches, quite small and far apart; a blackish shade forward from eye and 
a dusky shade across opercle. 
Numerous specimens in the State collection, some about 2£ inches 
long, taken by Prof. Forbes in the Little Wabash River, (a sandy stream,) 
in Effingham Co., in July. Two others, larger, one of them, the type of 
this description, 4| inches long, collected by Mr. C. K. Worthen, in a small 
rocky tributary of the Mississippi, in Hancock Co. These were described 
as very highly colored when fresh, presenting “almost all the colors of the 
rainbow.” 
Genus PERCINA, Haldeman. 
3. Percina caprodes (Raf.) Grd. Log Perch. Hog Fish. (M. V. 
219 ; B. I. M. 36.) 
In clear rapid waters ; probably generally distributed. Y er- 
milion R., Calumet R., Wabash R., Pine Cr., (Ogle Co.) 
4. * Percina manitou Jordan. Manitou Darter. (M. V. 220.) 
From Lake Manitou, a tributary of the Wabash in Indiana ; 
also from Wisconsin. 
Genus ALVORDIUS, Girard. 
5. Alvordius maculatus Grd. Black Sided Darter ; Blenny Darter. 
(M. Y. 220 ; Etheostoma hlennioides Nelson, 35.) 
In clear waters — generally distributed. Ogle Co.; Tazewell 
Co.; Clear Cr., Union Co. 
6. Alvordius phoxocephalus (Nelson) Cope and Jordan ; Sharp-Nosed 
Darter. (M. Y. 221, Etheostoma plioxocephalum Nelson, 35.) 
Illinois River : a few specimens in the collection ; also from 
Tennessee and Kansas. 
Genus ERICOSMA , Jordan. 
7. *Ericosma evides Jordan & Copeland. Gilded Darter. (M. Y. 221. 
Etheostoma evides Nelson 36.) 
At present known only from White River, a tributary of the 
Wabash in Indiana. 
Genus IMOSTOMA, Jordan. 
8. Imostoma shumardi (Grd.) Jordan. Big-headed Darter. (M. Y. 
222 .) 
Specimens in the Indiana State collection from Wabash River 
in Crawford Co., and in the National Museum from the Illinois 
River in La Salle Co. 
