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not know anything of the food habits of the salamander, 

 which, in all probability, will be similar to those of other 

 Spelerpes. 



15. Spelerpes guttolineatus Holbrook. Holbrook's Sal- 



amander. 



Salamandra gattolineata. Cylindrosoma guttolineatum. 



Description. — This species in its general proportions and shape is 

 very similar to 8. longicaudus. It appears to be rather stouter, and 

 the head a little broader. The eyes are larger, the toes shorter. The 

 protuberances of the upper lip are rather larger, which gives a more 

 emarginated outline to the jaw when viewed from the front. Sphe- 

 noidal and vomerine teeth not contiguous. Costal grooves 13. A light 

 gular fold. (Cope.) 



Color. — Yellowish above; back with three black longitudinal bands 

 as wide as the spaces between them. The two outer bands begin at the 

 eye and extend along the side of the tail, marked with a few light 

 dots. A spot between each two costal grooves. Grayish beneath, 

 clouded with darker gray. 



Habitat. — North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, 

 Mississippi, and Missouri. Most abundant in the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains. So far I have never found this sala- 

 mander on my collecting trips in Missouri. I introduce it 

 in this list on the strength of specimens collected by Mr. 

 Robert Kennicott in New Madrid Co., which are preserved 

 in the Smithsonian Collection. (No. 3733. 4 larvae.) My 

 sons, when collecting at Rodney, Jefferson Co., Missis- 

 sippi, on July 16, 1889, caught a number cf them which are 

 now in my collection. 



16. Spelerpes melanopleurus Cope. 



Description. — This species resembles S. bilineatus Greene, but differs 

 in both proportions and coloration, and is also smaller, being the 

 smallest species of the genus. Although it is smaller than S. bilin- 

 eatus, it Ts more robust and less sepsit'orm. The width of the head 

 enters the length to the groins 4.5 times (nearly 6 times in £. bilin- 

 eatus), and the length to the axilla enters the same 2.3 to 2.5 times 

 (2.7 times in £. bilineatus). The limbs and all the toes are well 

 developed, the anterior and posterior meet when placed along side 

 of the body; they are separated by three full intercostal spaces in 



