*{5S A3*lBUlBlAv IS^ptcmbeii 



tail, when aiiipiitatpd, is I believe common to all Sa- 

 lamaiiders, and indeed to most reptiles*. 



<^emi3 PR0TEL8. 



"Proteus J^^'po Ccesariensis. 'Cauda mediocri et 

 tow p'essa forma jnntue, corpore albido. 



Nev/jerscy Proteus. Length between four and five 

 inclies : tail as long as the body, tapering and forming 

 a fin ; snout obtuse : tongue short, round, adhering to 

 the lower jaw, and having a cartihiginous edge ; bran- 

 chicp. persistent ; eyes very small ; nostrils invisible ; 

 back diriy Avhite, witli .small dots, margined with a 

 narrow red line, cominerAchig at the foie slioulder, and 

 terminating at tlie posterior legs; beneath whitish; pos- 

 tc li or fc ( t five - toe d, anterior four- toed. 



Obsen^ations. x'liis is the only species known in 

 America. There arc but three ;s et de;!?cribed in the 

 ])ook«, the P. auguinus. F. Meooicaniis, and P. tetra- 

 dacttjlns. 



I have another animal vrliicii resembles the Proteus, 

 inasfiiuch as it is furnished with a fin tail, and gills, 

 but I will not be positive tliat it is a new species. If 

 it is only the larva of a species of Salamander, it must 

 bdong to a much larger species of that genus than I 

 have yet seen in this ueigiibourhood ; the following is 

 a descriptioa of it : Length about three inches ; tail as 

 long as the body, tapering, and in the form of a fin ; 

 enout oY^i^ eijcs very small; nostrils iavisibiej neck 



