Allen.] 202 [Dpcember2, 



Dr. DeKay mentions three other Salamanders as found in the State 

 of New York, viz.;' Salaynandra coccinea DeKay, S. granulata DeKay, 

 and Triton porphyriticus DeKay ; the latter he says he referred "orig- 

 inally to glutinosa Green," but afterwards placed it provisionally under 

 porpTiyrilica Green; the first two were described as new. The S. 

 coccinea, as we have already observed, seems clearly to be referable 

 to the brightly colored specimens of Diemictylus miniatns, having a 

 minimum number of ocellated spots; the second, S. granulata, is re- 

 ferred by Prof. Cope^ to the Amblystoma Jejf'ersonianum Baird. As 

 this species has been chronicled by Prof Cope from Lake Superior, 

 New York and Burlington, Vt. (I. c., p. 197), and by Prof Verrill* 

 from Norway, Me., it seems fair to expect its occurrence in this State. 

 The latter, Triton porphyriticus DeKay. probably refers to some 

 variety of Plethodon glutinosus. Dr. DeKay also mentions two other 

 species of Urodela (the Banded Proteus, Afenobranchus lateralis Har- 

 lan and the Alleghany Hellbender, Tl/eftopoma alleghaniensis Harlan), 

 as common inhabitants of Western New York, but neither of them 

 are likely to occur in Massachusetts. 



Hence the Spelerpes longicauda Baird and Amhhjstoma Jeffersonia- 

 num Baird (A. porphyriticum Verrill) , from their occurrence in adjoin- 

 ing States, may be inferred to exist in this, though not, to the writer's 

 knowledge, yet detected. 



Tabular List of the Reptiles and Batrachians of Massachusetts. 



The subjoined list enumerates all the species of Reptiles and 

 Batrachians thus far known to occur in Massachusetts. For con- 

 venience of comparison, a list of the species known to inhabit the 

 State at the time of Dr. Storer's Report, is given in the second col- 

 umn. Those described since the publication of the Report are in- 

 dicated by an asterisk (*) ; those not yet detected at Springfield are 

 printed in Italics. The numbers refer to the same species in each 

 list. 



REPTILES. 



TE8TUDINATA. 



1. Glyptemys inseulpta Ag. 1. Emys insculpta LeConte. 



2. Cistudo Virginea Ag. 2. Cistudo Carolina Edwards. 



1 A Review of the species of the Amblystomidce. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sc, Dec, 

 1867, p. 195. 



2 Prof. Verrill, liowever, calls it A. porphyriticum, to which he thinks A. Jeffer- 

 sonianum should perhaps be referred, (1. c, p. 199). 



