178 BATIUCIIIA: I'RODKLA. — XXVI. 



401. A. punctatum (L.). Si-ottku Salamanher. Black 

 above with a scries of nnmd yt-ilow sj)ots on each siih- of tlie hack; 

 body broad, depressed and swollen ; skin punctate with .small 

 pores from which e.\udes a milky tluid; two or three clusters of 

 enlarged pores on head ; a stron'^ dorsal groove; tail 2 J in length ; 

 costal grooves sometimes 10; large. L. d. Nova Scotia to Nebr. 

 aud S , common. 



495. A. conspersum Cope. Lead colored, with one or two 

 series of small yellowish s])ots along sides ; no dorsal groove ; skin 

 smooth; body slender; tail shorter than head and body; tail 2^ in 

 length; small. IVnn. to (ia. (Lat., sj)rinkled.) 



bl). Sole with two distincf tubercles. 



496. A. bicolor (Ilallowell). Olive brown, yellowish below, the 

 yellow rising in blotches on the sides; a few ill-defined yellowish 

 spots above; limbs banded; tail yellow with brown spots; body 

 stout and heavy. L. 6. N. J. 



497. A. copianum Hay. Dark brown, yellowish below; no dis- 

 tinct spots; liiiilis not banded; tail not spottt'd ; body very short 

 and stout, the distance from snout to axil equal to distance from 

 axil to groin ; tail long, compressed. Irvington, Ind., one specimen 

 known. (To Edward Drinker Coj)e.) 



aaa. Costal grooves 12. 



e. Sole with two distinct tubercles; snout with mucous pores. 



498. A. tigriuum ((ireen). Dark brown, with usually many 

 irregular yellow blotches, sometimes arranged in cross-bands; body 

 thick and stnmg; the head comparatively long; tail not much, if any, 

 longer tJian head and body ; color varying from uniform brown to 

 yellow, but usually spotted. L. 8. N. E. to Minn, and S., common. 



499. A. xiphias Cope. Yellow olive, brighter below ; back and 

 sides with brown reticulating bands; head small, blunt ; tail very 

 long, much longer than head and body. L. 11. Ohio. {$i(f)iat, 

 8 word-shaped.) 



ee. Sole with one indistinct tubercle or none; palatine teeth inter- 

 ruptfil. 



500. A. jeffersonianum (dreen). Olive brown or blackish, 

 usually with pale or bluish spots, but sometimes uniform pliunbeous. 

 Head small, eyes far back; body slender; fore Umb not reaching 

 hinder when appressed. L. 5 to 8. Va. to Ind. and N., common, 

 variable. Prof. Cope recognizes the typical variety Jt]lfersoui(inum, 

 Pcnn. to 111. and N. ; var. laterale Ilallowell, Canada to Wis., 

 with lar^e white spots on ."^ides and tail ; \aT. fuscum Ilallowell, S. 

 Ind. to Va., <lark brown, a darker band along sides; var. pluliucinn, 

 Ohio to S. 111., with narrower head, 'i\ to 6 in length to groin : plum- 

 beous, pali-r IkIow, sometimes with whitish blotches. (To Thon)as 

 •lefTerson.) 



