2OO BERTRAM G. SMITH. 



who have reared Necturus from the eggs, the fact remains that 

 in all the specimens studied by me not a single non-striped larva 

 has been found, nor is any specimen really black. Moreover, 

 I would point out that Dr. Garnier's description above quoted 

 would make an excellent account of the coloration of a year-old 

 larva of Cryptobranchus allegheniensis, having external gills and 

 with a body length of 8 cm. 



ZOOLOGICAL LABORATORY, 



UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. 



LITERATURE. 

 Eycleshymer, Albert C. 



'06 The Habits of Necturus maculosus. Amer. Nat., Vol. XL., No. 470. 

 Gamier, J. H. 



'88 On a New Species of Menobranchus. Proc. Can. Inst., Ser. 3, Vol. 5, pp. 



218-219. 

 Smith, Bertram G. 



'07 The Life History and Habits of Cryptobranchus allegheniensis. Biol. 

 Bull., Vol. XIII.. No. i. 



