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legs were fully developed. The second batch of eggs 

 was kept in the damp debris until October 18, when 

 these, too, were placed in water, where they hatched 

 October 19. The writer fed the larvae on small fresh 

 water crustaceans, which they could be observed 

 snapping up with quick forward darts. Unfortu- 

 nately these interesting larvae succumbed to an un- 

 usually hot spell late in October, 1913. Although 

 several trips were made to the same locality during 

 the early fall of 1914 and 1915, no further batches 

 of spawn and very few adults were discovered. 



In April, 1915, however, the writer collected 

 about a dozen larvae of this species from another 

 pool, nearer the lake. These were nearly two inches 

 long, black with tiny silvery specks all over the up- 

 per surfaces, large gills and four well-developed 

 limbs. They were at first thought to be A. puncta- 

 tum, but when in early June, 1915, they lost their 

 gills, the color pattern consolidated into the typical 

 cross-marbling of A. opacum. 



In conclusion I will remark that I am not aware 

 of the existence of any other record of Amphibian 

 spawn being found in the fall, as far north as New 

 York State. 



Richard F. Deckert, 



New York, N. Y. 



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