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much smaller, more closely approximated, and more numerous. Thus 

 the vomero-palatine series are long and close toj^ether behind, the dis- 

 tance between them being less than one-third the length of the series, 

 while externally they extend beyond the choante. Moreover, they 

 contain ten to eleven teeth as against five to six in P. shermani. 



Fig. -1. 



Fig. .S. 



Fig. (<. 



Fio. 4.— Upper SIDE OF right fore foot ok I'lethodon shermani. U.S. N.M. No. 36214. 3x 



NAT. SIZE. 



Fig. 5.— Underside of right hind foot of Plethodon sher.mani. U.S. N.M. No. 36214. 3x 



NAT. size. 

 Fig. 6. — Undersidk of right hind foot of I'lethodon .kneus. U. .S. N.M. No. 16660. 3 x nat. 



SIZE. 



I have added camera lucida sketches of the dentition of the two last- 

 mentioned species, which are still rare in collections, so that the differ- 

 ences from our new species can be seen at a glance. 



Mr. F. Sherman, jr., has done considerable to increase our knowl- 

 edge of the salamander fauna of North Carolina, and I therefore take 

 great pleasure in naming this discovery of his after him. 



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