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FROCEEDIXGS OF THE XATIOXAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. XXX. 



Spelerpes inaculicaada Blatchlev, Ann. Rep. Dept. Geol. Ind., (1896), 1897, 

 pp. 125-183 (Porter's Cave, Owen County, Indiana; Donnehue's Cave, 

 Lawrence County; Clifty Cave, Washington County; Marengo Cave, Wyan- 

 dotte Ca^-e, Little Wyandotte Cave, Salti)eter Cave, and 8il)ert's Well Cave, 

 Crawford County; Indian Springs, Martin County; Donnelson's Cave, Law- 

 rence County; May's Cave, Monroe County; Kern's Cave, Lawrence 

 County) .—EiGENM.\NN, Pop. 8ci. Mo., LVI, 1899-1900, p. 474, tig. i (Caves 

 of p:astern U. S.); Proc. Ind. Ac. Sci. (1899), 1900, pp. 31-3 (Caves of 

 Mississippi Valley); Science, n. s., XI, p. 493 (Caves of Mississippi Valley); 

 Trans. Am. Micr. Soc, XXI (1899), 1900, p. 49 (Caves of Mississippi Valley). 



DISTRIBCTIOX, HABITS, AND HABITAT. 



The Cave Salamander" (fio-. 1) is eontined to the Mississippi Valley. 

 It has been colleeted from 2 stations in Tennessee. 1 in West Virginia, 

 1 in Kentucky, 2() in Indiana, and 5 in Missouri. 

 All of these loealities are within the l)orders of 

 the Carolinian faunal area (and restricted, obvi- 

 ously, to the Transalleohenian district thereof), 

 a fact which sutticiently attests to the animal's \ 

 status as a characteristic Carolinian species. 



It is most commonly found in caves, and as a 

 rule occurs at no g-reat distance from the 

 mouth, usually barely beyond twilight. Thus 

 in Ma3"tield\s Cave it has been found much 

 oftener near the entrance than farther in, and 

 the same is true of Truitt's Cave, also in 

 Monroe County, Indiana, and the Twin Caves, 

 in Mitchell, Indiana. Doctor Eigemann found 

 it onlv near- the mouths of Wilson's, Marble, 

 and Rock House caves, Missouri. It sometimes 

 ventures into the deeper recesses, however, j 

 being reported from a spot li miles within 

 Wyandotte Cave, and it regularly resorts to such 

 places to lay its eggs. The larN.e have been 

 found in the reinoter portions of Wyandotte, 

 Ma3tiekrs, and Manmioth caves. The Cave 

 Salamander is likely to be found around springs 

 originating from caves, and indeed at any point 

 along the streams these feed. The nearly mature 

 larv£e particularly are apt to occur in such 

 situations. 



Occasionally aS. macuHraudiis is found away 

 from the vicinity of caves. Mr. W. P. Hay 

 writes us as follows concerning this point: 



In 1899 and 1900 I found S. )iuiculicuadus and S. luiujicaudm inconsiderable num- 

 bers in West Virginia, both in limestone caverns and in the forest under logs. In • 



Flu. 1.— .\DUI.T .S1'EI.KUPE.S 

 MAfTU.ICAlimlS. 



"It has also been called the 

 salamander." 



Hoosier salamander" and the "Spotted-tailed 



