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MENOPOMA .—Harlan. 



Genus Menopoma. — Characters. Head large, flat; upper jaw with two con- 

 centric series of minute teeth; inner series less extensive and terminating before 

 posterior nares; lower jaw with a single series; single spiracle on each side; 

 extremities four; fingers four; toes five, all short and palmated. 



MENOPOMA ALLEGHANIENSIS.— La<m7/e. 



Plate XXXII. 



Characters. Head very large, broad, flat; mouth large, with thick lips; two 

 series of teeth in the upper, and a single series in the lower jaw; body short, pale 

 cinereous, with dusky blotches; extremities short; fingers and toes short, more or 

 less palmated. 



SrNONTMES. Salamandra Alleghaniensis, Lalreille, Hist. Nat. Rept., torn. ii. p. 253, pi. 1. 

 Salamandra Alleghaniensis, Dauclin, Hist. Nat. des Rept, torn. viii. p. 231. 

 Molge gigantea, Merrem, Versuch eines Syst. der Amphib. 

 Salamandra gigantea, Barton. 



Abranchus Alleghaniensis, Harlan, Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. i. p. 233, pi. 17. 

 Menopoma Alleghaniensis, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res., p. S7. 

 Hellbender, Vulgo. 



Description. The head is large, flat, and broad, with the snout fiill and 

 rounded. The mouth is large, and covered with thick fleshy lips. The tongue 



