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BT''LLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



This specimen is apparently not taken in the breeding season. 

 Another adult male (U.S.N.M. No. 36554) appears to be in the breeding- 

 stage, however, as there ig a distinct indication of a terminal caudal 

 appendix and the glol)ular swelling around the vent is very great wdth 

 higlily develo])ed papilhc. Notwithstanding these signs the glands 

 and glandular ridges are very poorly developed; the parotoids are 



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Figs. 9-15.— DIEMICTYLUS ENSICAUDA. 2 X NAT. SIZE. 9, TOP OF HEAD; 10, SIDE OF HEAD; 11, UNDER- 

 SIDE OF HEAD; 12, OPEN mouth; i;:!, hand; 11, foot; I.'), section of tail at end of ba.sal third No 

 7410W, U.S.N.M. 



small, the gular spherical gland, the scapular circular gland, and tlie 

 ventro-lateral ridge are not indicated. 



The fe?nales appear to dilTer from the males much as do the D. 

 yyrrli ogaster females. 



Color of living specimens. — It is stated that this species is yellow or 



