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2. Chondrotus paroticus Baird. 



I have not been able to find any previous record of the oc- 

 currence of this salamander in California. It is represented in 

 our collection by a typical specimen (No. 29108) found by 

 Mr. J. R. Slevin in wet earth under a stump near Requa, Del 

 Norte County, California, May 22-26, 1911. 



3. Autodax ferreus Cope. 



This salamander has been known only from the type speci- 

 men (U. S. N. M. No. 6794) collected by Dr. Vollen at Fort 

 Umpqua, Oregon. We have specimens from Elmira and 

 Marshfield, Oregon, and from Bayne Island, British Columbia, 

 as well as from Requa, Del Norte County; Alton, Trinidad, 

 and Carlotta, Humboldt County; and Comptche, Mendocino 

 County, California. Our two Requa examples (Nos. 29099 

 and 29102) were found by Mr. Slevin, May 22-26, 1911. 

 They were taken from the rotten wood of a dead tree in which 

 they were living some 20 feet above the ground. This species 

 is related to Autodax lugtibris, but is quite distinct. 



4. Plethodon elongatus, new species. 



Diagnosis — Similar in general appearance to Plethodon 

 vandykei and Plethodon intermedins^ but somewhat stouter; 

 costal grooves 16; toes and fingers not webbed; adpressed limbs 

 separated by 6 or 7 costal interspaces ; tail cylindro-conic, con- 

 siderably compressed in distal third; paratoid not developed; 

 a dorsal band as in P. intermedins, but obscured by the general 

 duskiness of coloration ; lower surfaces blackish brown, relieved 

 with whitish dots. 



Type—Czl Acad. Sci. No. 29096, Requa, Del Norte 

 County, California, J. R. Slevin, May 22-26, 1911. 



Material— Four specimens (Nos. 29094, 29095, 29096 and 

 29101) from Requa, all collected at the same time. 



Description of the type — General form similar to P. inter- 

 medins, but with body, limbs and tail somewhat stouter; tail 

 cylindro-conic, compressed laterally in posterior half, nearly 

 equal to length of head and body, with strong vertical grooves 



