(76) 
14. Blade Bass. Micropterus pallidus, Raf. (B). A iarge mouse, 
a percoid fish, a small stone roller (Campostoma anomalum), pupae of 
dragon flies, a water bug (Zaitha fluminea) and a few confervoid algae. 
15. Blade Or oppie. Pomoxysnigro-maculatus Le S.(10). Chiefly larvae 
of May-flies (Ephemeridae). Many larvae of small diptera (various species of 
gnats), and occasionally a small percoid fish. The following is a detailed 
exhibit of the food of these ten specimens : 
FISHES (Ctenoid.) 2. 
INSECTS 10. 
COLEOPTERA 3 (Larvae of Gyrinidae 2.) 
DIPTERA 6 (Gnats and their larvae.) 
HEMIPTERA 2 (Corixa alternata. Say.) 
NEUROPTERA 9 (Larva of Ephemeridae 8, pupae of Agrioninae 1). 
CRUSTACEA 3 (Entomostraca.) 
CLADOCERA 2 (* Ceriodaphnia angulata (Say) Forbes 2). *Bosmina(Sp. ? 1). 
COPEPODA 1 (Diaptomus). 
POLYZOA Sp ? 1. 
A few seeds and blossoms of trees in 2. 
16. White Croppie. Pomoxys annularis, Raf. (9). Specimens taken 
in midsummer were feeding chiefly on the larvae of May flies. A number 
collected in March were distended with Ceriodaphnia angulata and larvae 
of may flies and dragon flies ( Agrioninae ). A small fish was found oc- 
casionally, and a few water bugs. 
FISHES 4. 
Etheostomatidae 1, Cyprinidae 1 (Luxilus analostanus), undetermined 
cycloid fish 1. 
INSECTS 8. 
COLEOPTERA 1 (larvae of Gyrindae). 
HEMIPTERA 1 (Corixa alternata, Say). 
NEUROPTERA 8 (Larvae of Ephemeridae 5, of Agrioninae 5). 
CRUSTACEA 5 (Entomostraca). 
Ceriodaphnia angulata, Say, 5. 
17. Croppies. Pomoxys, Sp. undet. (2). A cyprinoid minnow, a 
few spiders, a hemipter, and larvae of May flies. 
18. Common Sun Fish. Blue Sun Fish. Lepiopomus pallidus, 
Mit. (5). Almost wholly insects (many of them terrestrial.) A few mol- 
lusks and a little pond weed (Potamogeton). 
See appendix. 
