Coutributioiis to IiufiaiKi I fcif^cloloiiy. 175 



the Smithsonian Institution ])y ten specimens (No. 8,819) 

 collected by Mr. J. N. B. vScarixJiougli. 



SALIENTIA.— THE TAILLESS BATRACHIANS. 

 Genus CHOROPHILUS, Baird. 



10. Clwrophilus triseriatus, Wied. Striped Tree Frog ; 

 Tree Frog ; Peeper. Rather common in Franklin County, 

 where discovered by Mr. Edw. Hughes, March 16, 1889, on 

 which day he took three specimens. They frequent the 

 ditches and sloughs of our uplands, rarely being found in our 

 river valleys. 



Genus HYLA, Laurenti. 



11. Hy/a pickeriii^ii, Storer. Pickering's Hyla ; Pick- 

 ering's Tree Toad. Common in Franklin County. Mr. 

 Hughes found it very numerous on the uplands, where they 

 frequent the ditches, sloughs and roadside ponds. Not so 

 common in the valleys. 



12. Hyla sqiii?ei /a, Bosc. Squirrel Tree Toad ; Squir- 

 rel Hyla. Two specimens of a peculiar frog from Franklin 

 County, were sent to Prof. Cope for examination in 1887. He 

 wrote upon receiving them that he thought the specimens 

 were this species, but requested the privilege of examining 

 them more carefully at his leisure. After doing so he wrote 

 me, saying: "I have examined the little green frog of the 

 first lot more fully and find it to be Hyla squirclla, of darker 

 color than usual, and with pale lateral line behind the angle 

 of the mouth absent." One specimen was retained by him 

 and the other returned. In some way my specimen disap- 

 peared, and no specimens of this species have since been 

 taken. This is the only localit>' in the State from which the 

 species has been reported. 



REPTILIA— THE REPTILES. 



OPHIDIA— THE SERPENTS. 



Genus EUT^NIA, B. &. G. 



13. Euta-nia sirtalis graminca, Cope. Grass Snake; 

 Grass Gartp:r Snake. A new sub.species described by- 

 Prof. E. D. Cope, from a specimen in the collection of 



