420 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 53. 



The largest specimen in the list of measurements must be a veri- 

 table giant, for out of a series of 213 which I got myself, the largest 

 was 96 mm. in length. 



Specimens examined : 296, from locahties as follows : 



Georgia. — Gwinnett County, 1; TaUulah Falls, 1. 



North Carolina. — Mount Mitchell (type-locality), 19; Blantyre, 3; 

 Highlands, 2; Brevard, 40; Pink Beds, 28; Tatula Mountain, 2; 

 Andrews, 1; Wayah Bald, 2; Henderson County, 1; Haywood 

 County, 11; Bald Mountain, Macon County, 1; Black Mountains, 8; 

 Yancey County, 1 ; CaneKiver, 7; Pineola, 1; LinviUe, 135; Blowing 

 Rock, 1 ; Roan Mountain, 8. 



Tennessee. — ^Roan Mountain, 15. 



West Virginia. — Star Creek, 1; Big Spring Run, 3; Rich Moun- 

 tain , near Beverly, 1 . 



Genus LEUROGNATHUS Moore. 



1899. Leurognathus Moore, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1899, p. 316. 



Type-species. — Leurognathus marmorata Moore. 



Diagnosis. — General characters of the Plethodontidae. Tongue 

 attached, except by its lateral and posterior margins. Prefrontal 

 bone wanting. Premaxillaries united, no fontaneUe. Internal nares 

 a foramen inclosed by the united vomers and maxillaries. Verte- 

 brae opisthocoelous in the adult. Atlas without odontoid process 

 and with a transverse dorsal ridge on which the temporal muscles 

 originate. Occipital condyles on cylindric pedestals. Vomerine 

 teeth not present. No hght line from the eye to the angle of the 

 jaw. 



Distribution. — Same as that of the type-species. 



LEUROGNATHUS MARMORATA Moore. 



1899. Leurognathus inarmorata Moore, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1899, p. 316. 



Type. — ^Academy of Natural Sciences. Young male. Collected 

 by Doctor Moore. 



Type-locality.- — Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, stream 

 between Linville and Blowing Rock, elevation about 3,500 feet. 



Distribution. — Known only from the type-locaUty and from Roan 

 Mountain, North Carolina. 



Diagnosis. — No vomerine teeth. Legs stout. Two and a half to 

 three intercostal spaces between appressed toes. Tail flattened, 

 keeled and finned above. Head very large. Size large. No dis- 

 tinct color pattern. BeUy black in old specimens. The total length 

 of the five known specimens ranges from 98 to 128 mm. The length 

 of head and body from 55 to 75 mm. 



