p. 6. After description following Family PRO- 

 TEID^read: 



Genus Necturus, Raf. 



3. N. lateralis, (Say) Bd. Mud Puppy. Above 

 brownish, with darker sub-circular spots ; generally a 

 dark stripe from snout back to eyes. A more or less 

 distinct lateral band in young. Below dusky. Large, 

 bushy, bright red gills, forming three tufts on each side 

 of head. Head depressed ; snout truncated; gular fold 

 well developed; tail much compressed, l^feet. Eastern 

 region, except New England and Eastern Middle States, 

 and from a few points in Austroriparian. 



1. N. puHCtatus, (Gibbes) Cope. Above nearly 

 uniform dark olive, with numerous small orange or 

 3'ellowish dots irregularly distributed over the whole 

 surface, and large, dark, ill-delined spots at distant inter- 

 vals. No lateral band. Beneath pale flesh color. 

 Smaller and more slender than the preceding species. 

 Eastern S. Carolina. 



P. 18. Before Fiemisternia and Arcifera, for 

 Order read Sub-order. 



P. 22. Before Rajstiformia, for Order read Sub- 

 order. 



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