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Number of specimens examined ........---. 3 | 3 2 | 4 2 4 4 6 
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RCE REST ec we oh a coe ae eerie onl eswade] ood sr b+ dase: LBL, coat eee eee oe 47 
ERLE S Caer een nc eccrpaare apore a2 39 99 97 VAN tie 57 64 53 
Mndetermined larv® ........----ceecsesse wee conene 16ers cee Rh ee ee eae oe ee 
Caterpillars -.......----------++-e+--eeeeeee ee 23 Vf te ea). ood Hang oeaheeese Cle ee ise nes 
Bee iin term (AT Ves)... mos scos- 500s 0 tone scent ree 05 (3 ek ae 1) | ee ee 32 04). 
GUURGINOTNU Se nee See oeeneke ce leas onl 05 OS bee alk cates He eee: 26 (1,5 i a 
Me COlCODLET Ms...) Ua.~ a9 soc ese nn st ae marcncs|sr2 see |--2 ses (2 TBillesese a be TRAE ae 10 
Terrestrial ...........------ee eee eer eee e| eee e|eeeeee GLY Ee. coed ewe. ete eee op ance 10 
AQUALIC.. 0 0-0-2 nse erene es cn es seedenee stlseeee obits Reed ot aes Lammnakel a eihaial knee « 
PEG RRGIN CS alan. occas ee neck er agat ons) veurel tens 01 OU eee eee emecs 
PH VOrOpnilid ses... ec odos Vids 2s ieee «Seen 0 inal sine ODN eet ee ee eres eee 
MN TOD UPI le Bow alon sadeie- mods lent omnes = s<]erses 63 5 esse HDs ec OU eee a 20 18 
Pav eatee oo een. ee ircea tees Gale OU eee atk ope seer ee | 20; 18 
Hygrotrechus (y@.)..-.--- --4-+ +++ - 220s | eee se] eeeeee (UGS eee eee NB eee oe Rag es 7 |p eee 
M. Neuroptera (larve®).....-....2----+-22+++-- EE ee Reone 42| Bat 40) oy S25 
Bphemerids® -- 0.2... s- cece eee ween eae | eee et] cose [teres AM om 03 12! 25 
Palingenid os. 2. -22. +2. 2- sonoma ee dee! fees eevee relesesestses Shigasla as erent Sia ents 25 
iat isy eek oo. cee an Joc cceatatbe sel (ses=-|-+-s9r| 22-2: OT iea eto [eee Wes ot beater ata 
TOT Gee Peo ahah tc eee e ae Pe PROT a hy att Reon eae | 10 8 logan oo 
TU es a ee ee oe ee ee 8 eee ee nee QE crops Ah Mim een ties Pe ar ees 
Elli eae 202) (0 ts ae en eS Ore ers Weer neni an / Bi Aes eee lies) atmerete 
III. ARACHNIDA (Hydrachna) ...--......-.-|------|------|> Ba: LN REE AEP ered he ee 
B IV, CRUSLPACHA../......... ----e ee eee eet eeeee Slice ee 03 31{| +100) 43 34 t 
Decapoda (Cambarus) ....---..---+--+---+|----+-|--e229)- eee 3 hh eres eeroe Aaa) eas ee 
(PATIO es eset sp cad «<5 titaas Weeder l'-i-\aale> n>» O38 Aldea =e ARES a ope on era es 
MT LOMLO SUI GAC Giese ce eee titers ter ccee tee 61 Otleseeloss se’: 100 43 34 t 
CPC OTE ete TS hc so nee boe ae ae [Fc See aN edd feel 70 24 34 * 
DADs ce tea n cee wn C5 cc n lee ovtee ties twat < | 0 sons lies eiecetei| e OEP 5) cee eee DA Sepa 
PGT eee docks bs cee a se oe = <a ree ee ea eae Paley : TUB tere ea teeck oe Dawtaetcae 
PLOT OR Ue sie tee os le eee nee: DO Ve Wee PN, Coceer thie ¢ p ites eee aes 
Poh hte Oh Pe Pe aot tee ee ela =: | eesinc ip sri Gelgea mee Paths oa} =a a5 5 t fr 
‘GAs gare te ts tah ete iy rene nes ees) 5-7 03 Wa Sa eR 3il PONE ee capa ate 
Be VHC TATION 35. p00 js vs o's 5 ce ease ape ee Sea WePee ees |e, ae OS pe es ele ceks 02 se 
TAIN OS OEON fo bc o<. icon ean os'eoa.n sear af ewaiigent|“e0--| > enn =e|* 22: Pe ee 2a 8s | 2 aah (12) eae 
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‘Apomotis cyaneLius, Raf. BLuE-spoTTED SUNFISH. 
This species, .d 
} ape 
‘ant in Central Llinois, 
‘and smaller streams —‘‘the sunfish” 
It is the constan 
” (Notemigonus) in the sm 
‘the picnic party. 
(Amiurus) and ‘‘shiner 
of the prai 
muddy creeks. 
doderus and Amiurus catus, 
It was found 
bottoms, in Union county. 
r 
* All the specimens tak 
opaque, were oO 
fact of interest relative to the laws of color 
rie regions, and of the 
abundant 
in the rapidly drying mud-holes,* 
few feet across, left by the retreating overflow of the Mississippi 
f a peculiarly bleached appeara 
ation 
en from these holes, so muddy that the wate 
nee,—many of them almost ¢ 
among fishes. 
r WiiS 
istributed throughout the State, is especially abund- 
where it is the common fish of the ponds 
of the country school-boy and 
t companion of the ‘‘bull-head” 
all stagnant ponds 
“chub minnow” (Semotilus) in 
with Centrarchus, Aphre- 
only a 
almost 
olorless,—a 
