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sa traight transverse row ; color blackish above, sides maculated with yellow 

 tail yellow, beak marked and spotted. Total length 5^ inches ; of tail 2 J. 



Habitat. New Jersey, near Beesley's Point. One specimen presented by Mr. 

 Saml. Ashmead. Perhaps the young of Ambystoma tigrinum. 



Oen. Remarks. A. proserpine of Prof. Baird is clouded with brown, and A. 

 episcopus dark spotted. 



Ambystoma fuscum, nob. 



Sp. Char. Head large, convex, eyes large, prominent, snout rounded, nostrils 

 small, two and a half lines apart ; internal nares rather large, teeth nearly 

 transverse, in four distinct patches, extending across the palate, behind the 

 internal nares ; fingers depressed, the first and fourth of nearly equal length, the 

 4th longer than the 3d ; 4th toe the longest ; toes slightly webbed at base, 

 tail ensiform, of nearly same length as head, neck and body ; color uniform 

 dark brown above, with extremely minute white points scattered over the sides 

 and more sparsely upon the body and upon the sides of the tail ; Indian yellow 

 clouded with brown beneath. 



Total length 5 inch. 2 lines ; tail 2 inch. 7 lines. 



Habitat. Indiana. One specimen presented by Prof. King, of Hanover Col- 

 lege. 



Gen. Remarlts. This animal resembles somewhat the figure of Sal. Jefifersoni- 

 ana, Holb., but in that, beside the transverse row of teeth, there are described 

 two longitudinal series reaching to the posterior extremity of the palate. The 

 toes in Dr. Holbrook's animal are all remarkably long, as they are described to be 

 by Prof. Green in Sal. Jeffersoniana. — Contributions of the Macliirean Lyceum to 

 the Arts and Sciences, p. 4. 



Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad 

 Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwala- 

 daro Kinggold et Johanne Eodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit 



W. STIMPSON. 



Pars III. CRUSTACEA MAIOIDEA. 



MAIID^. 



1. Leptopus longipes, Latr. Maris adulti chelopoda valida, manu inflata 

 digitis denticulatis ad basin hiantibus, dactylo versus basin tuberculo instructo 



Hab.-^ln portu "Hong Kong"; in fundo limoso, org. 6 vulgatissimus. 



2. DocLEA GEACiLiPES, Hov. sp. Carapax tubercnlis sex in linea mediana ; 

 tribus anterioribus minutis in regione gastrica; quarto in regione genilali 

 et quinto cardiaco, sat validis et subspiniformibus; sexto majore in margins 

 posteriore, spiniformi sed non acuto, decimam partem long, corporis adequante. 

 Margo latero-anterior dentibus quatiior armata; dente anteriore v. subhepatica 

 quam duabus medianis majore; posteriore longiore, (sextam partem carapacis 

 lat. adequante) spiniformi, gracili, acuto. Superficies carapacis sat villosa ; 

 regiones branchiales et gastrica tuberculis parvulis utrinque 7-8 sub tomento 

 celatis ; declivitas postero-lateralis absque tuberculis. Rostrum paulo longiua 

 quam latum, ad dimidiam divisum. Regio pterygostomiana depressa, non cana- 

 liculata ; dente parvulo inter dentem subhepaticum et hoc ad angulum 

 anteriorem arese buccalis. Pedes longi, graciles, minus villosi ; secundi paria 

 carapace plus duplo longiores ; chelopoda parvula. Dimensiones carapacis, et 

 rostro et spinis inclusis ; — long. 0-95 ; lat. 1-02. I), muricatce similia, minus vero 

 spinosa, et pedibus longioribus. 



Hab. — In Mari Sinensi prope eras insulae "Hong Kong"; e fundo sabuloso 

 prof. 20 org. lecta. 



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