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Genus NECTURUS, Rafin. 



394. The Menobranchus or Proteus of the Lakes (Necturus maculosus, 



Rafin. ; Menobranchus maculatus, Holbrook ; Menobranchus 

 later alis, Harlan). ' 

 Fig. Rafin. Ann. of Nat. Hist. 1820. Holbrook, N. Amer. Herp. viii. t. 29, 



1842. Harlan, Ann. N. Y. Lye. i. 221, 1825. 

 Hub. Lake Champlain, U.S. 



Presented by Dr. Wheeler, President of the University of Vermont. 



395. The Menobranchus (Necturus maculosus, Rafin.). 

 A small but well-marked specimen. 



Presented by H. J. Bigelow, Esq., M.D., Boston. 



Genus AXOLOTES, Cuv. 



396. The Axolotl (Axolotes maculata, Owen). 



Fig. Owen, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. xiv. p. 23, 1844. 

 Hob. Mexico, in the rivers of Sierra Madre Chihuahua, lat. 26 6' N., 

 long. 106 50' W. Presented by SirJ. C. Bowring. 



Order III. PSEUDOSAURIA. 



Body elongate, lizard-like, with a tail. Legs four, rudimentary. Gills rudi- 

 mentary, internal ; gill-apertures permanent throughout life. Internal 

 nostrils on the sides of the palate, surrounded by the bone of the palate. 



Family Protonopsidce. 



397. The Menopome or Hellbender (Protonopsis horrida, Barton ; Me- 



nopoma alleghaniensis, Harlan). 

 Fig. Harlan, Ann. Lye. N. Y. vol. i. p. 270, 1825. 

 Hob. The fresh waters of the United States of North America, where it 

 is commonly called ' Hellbender ' or ' Mud-devil.' 



