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43. Pimephales promelas confertus (Grd.). Hurrah. Creek, a tributary of the Rio Pecos (as Hybor- 
hynchus confertus types, Girard, 1856, and Girard, 1858, pi. lix, figs. 11-15). San Ildefonso, 
N. Mex. (as Hybognatlius nigellus, Cope, types, Cope & Yarrow, 1875). Brownsville (as 
Pimpehales nigellus and Pimephales promelas, Jordan, 1878). Rio Grande (as Hybognatlius 
confertus, Synopsis). Fulton Creek, near CreswelL (Coate). 
44. Pimephales notatus (Raf.). Twenty miles west of Choctaw Agency (as Hyborhynchus tenellus 
types, Girard, 1856, and Girard, 1858). Rio Colorado at Austin (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). 
45. Cochlognathus ornatus B. & G. Brownsville (types of genus and species, Baird & Girard, 1854). 
Brownsville (Girard, 1856 and 1859, pi. xxxv, figs. 12-17). Trinity River at Fort Worth 
(as Cochlognathus biguttata types, Cope, 1880). Rio Grande (Synopsis). Trinity River (as 
Cochlognathus biguttatus, Synopsis). The types of Cochlognathus ornatus (5 specimens, 2J to 
3 inches long, U. S. N. M. No. 150) are in fair condition. One of the five so labeled is in 
excellent condition, much fresher in appearance than the other four, and probably belongs 
in some other bottle. 
46. Cliola vigilax (B. & G.). This species was described, as Ceraticlithys vigilax,, by Baird & Girard, 
in 1853, from specimens caught in Otter Creek, Arkansas, by Capts. R. B. Marcy and Geo. 
B. McClellan. San Pedro Creek, a tributary of San Antonio River (as Cliola velox types, 
Girard, 1856, and Girard, 1859, pi. xxxi, figs. 21-24). Leon River, a tributary of San Antonio 
River (as Cliola vivax types, Girard, 1856, and Girard, 1858). Otter Creek, tributary of Red 
River, Arkansas (Girard, 1856, and Girard, 1858). San Pedro Creek (as Cliola velox, Girard, 
1858). Sabine River at Longview, Rio Lampasas at Belton, Trinity River at Dallas, Rio 
Colorado at Austin, Rio San Marcos at San Marcos, and Rio Comal at New Braunfels (Jordan 
& Gilbert, 1886). Long Lake, Trinity River, and Neches River near Palestine, Rio San Marcos 
at San Marcos, Guadalupe River at New Braunfels, Hunter Creek, Buffalo Bayou, and Big 
White Oak Bayou near Houston (Evermann, 1892). 
47. Notropis cayuga atrocaudalis Evermann. Kilper’s Pond, Big White Oak Bayou, Buffalo 
Bayou, and Hunter Creek near Houston ; Rio San Marcos at San Marcos, Guadalupe River 
near New Braunfels, and Rio San Antonio at San Antonio (types, Evermann, 1892). There 
are in the National Museum (No. 17814) 31 specimens of this minnow that were collected 
by Messrs. Earll and Kumlein in Clear Creek, Waller County, Tex. They agree perfectly 
with the types. 
48. Notropis nitidus (Grd.). Cadereita, New Leon (as Moniana nitida types, Girard, 1856, and 
Girard, 1859). The types of this species consist of two specimens, 2J and 2f inches long, 
respectively (No. 39657, U. S. N. M.), and are in good condition except that the tails are 
considerably broken. Head, 4*; depth, 3^; eye, 3-J-, = snout; D. i, 8; A. i,*7; scales, 6-35-3. 
Larger mouth and eye than in Notropis lutrensis. 
49. Notropis nux Evermann. Neches River, Trinity River, and Long Lake near Palestine (types, 
Evermann, 1892). 
50. Notropis deliciosus (Grd.) Leon River, a tributary of the Rio San Antonio (as Moniana deliciosa 
types, Girard, 1856, and Girard, 1858). Brownsville (as Alburnops missuriensis, Jordan, 1878). 
Rio Grande (as Cliola missuriensis, Synopsis). Rio Lampasas at Belton, Rio San Marcos at 
San Marcos, and Rio Comal at New Braunfels (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). Kilper’s Pond, 
Big White Oak Bayou, Buffalo Bayou, and Hunter Creek at Houston; San Antonio River at 
San Antonio, Guadalupe River at New Braunfels, and Rio San Marcos at San Marcos (Ever- 
mann, 1892). Fulton Creek near Creswell (Coate). The types of Moniana deliciosa consist 
of 13 specimens (No. 119, U. S. N. M.) and are in rather bad condition. The variation in 
the size of the mouth among these specimens is noticeable, though it is not great. 
51. Notropis sabinae J. & G. Sabine River, Longview (type, Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). The five 
specimens in the Museum as the types of this species (No. 36484) are 1 to 2 inches long and 
are in good condition. 
52. Notropis nocomis Evermann. Rio Comal at New Braunfels (as Notropis deliciosus in part, Jordan 
& Gilbert, 1886). Trinity River at Magnolia Point and San Marcos River at San Marcos 
(types, Evermann, 1892 ). There are two specimens in the National Museum from the Trinity 
River at Dallas, which were collected by Jordan & Gilbert in 1884. 
53. Notropis simus (Cope). San Ildefonso, N. Mex. (as Alburnellus simus Cope, types, Cope & Yar- 
row, 1875, pi. xxxi, figs. 2, 2a, and Synopsis). There are in the Museum (No. 16982) about 
75 specimens which appear to be the types of this species; they are 3^ inohes long or less 
