3a3 AMPHXBlAv [Septembei"* 



S. nigm. Cauda medlocru covpore supra nigri- 

 cante^ siibtiis alhido^ lateribiis alhido punctatis. 



Black B. Length about four inches; tail of the 

 }eiigth of the body, tapering, oval, and pointed; snout 

 oval; eyes black, prcminent, and approximate ; hade 

 blackish; sides sprinkled with small white spots ; be- 

 neath villi tish; anterior feet four- toed, posterior feei 

 five-tcod. 



Note. Inhabits shallow waters. This differs froia 

 Dau(lin"s La S. iiGire, that being uniformly black. 



S. hislineata. Cauda longiuscida, corpore supra 

 cinereo lineis variorum colorum distbictisy suhtus al^ 

 hido sen luteolo. 



Two-lined S. Length about three inches ; tail Ion* 

 ger than the body, tapering, compressed, and pointed ; 

 snout oval ; hack cinereous, with two, and sometimes 

 three, dark lines, if three, tlie middle one broadest 

 near tlsc head, and about the length of the body, the 

 lateral ones extending from behind the eyes to the 

 end of the tail ; sides cinereous ; beneath whitish or 

 jvellowish; anterior feet four-toed, posterior five^ 

 toed. 



Noie. Inhabits shallow waters ; is found in num^ 

 bers early in the spring, and is very active. 



S. sincipiit-albida, Cauda hreri, corpora supra 

 ferrugineo, suhtus luteolo. 



White-nosed S, Length about three inches ; tail 

 sliorter than the body, thick, tapering, and pointed ; 

 §n-'-]':t QYal, white above; ^z/cs protuberant j back dirty 



