170 Ciuciuiia/i Sociely of Natural History. 



5. Amblvstoma jcffcrsonianuin fiisciim. Hallow. Brown 

 vSalamandkk, Found with the preceding among the high- 

 lands in the western part of Franklin County. 



GKNU.S PLETHODOX, T.schudi. 



5. P/ci/iodon cimrcus, Qr^QW. CiNKREUvS vSalamander ; 

 Ashy Lizard. The Winter of 1888-9 Mr. E. R. Quick 

 brought to me a specimen of this vSalamander from a spring 

 house near Brookville. 



6. Plethodon cinercus crythronotus, Green. Red-backed 

 Salamander; Chestnut-backed Lizard. Very common 

 in Franklin County and throughout the White Water Valley 

 o-enerally, where it is found in damp places, away from water, 

 beneath logs, stones and other cover. 



7. Plethodon cincreus dorsa/is, Baird. AsHV Lizard. A 

 specimen from Pjloomington, Ind., seems to be this .species. 

 (Coll. Indiana University). 



Genus GYRINOPHILUS, Cope. 



8. Cryrhwphilus inaculicaudus, Cope. Spotted-T.viled 

 Salamander. This species was described by Prof. E. D. 

 Cope in "The American Naturali.st," for October, 1890, pp. 

 966 and 967. It is thought by some to be uncertain that this 

 is Gyrinophilus, but I have preferred, for the present, so to re- 

 gard it. It is a peculiar form, in several respects approaching 

 Sptlerpcs longicatidus, and in others differing much therefrom. 

 In 1888, at the annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of 

 Science, the writer had occasion to .speak concerning this 

 Salamander as follows : 



" It is desirable that a good .series of specimens of Cave 

 vSalamanders be obtained as soon as possible, in order that the 

 relationship of the individuals found wnthin our State may be 

 determined. So far as I have learned, those of the western 

 part of the vState appear to be typical /oti^icandus. But one 

 of this kind has been found in the southeastern part of the 

 State. The specimens from that region have the form of 

 lo7ifficaudus, but instead of the lemon-yellow coloring of that 

 form approach the reddish appearance of ruber, but lack the 

 peculiar form of the latter." 



At the time of a visit made by Prof. Cope to Brookville, 

 following the meeting of the American As.sociation for the 



