THE HATIiA(;ill.V OK NOllTII AMlMilCA. 29 



Mi'ttiiirviiuiiln oJWu. l\fi\'.t (tvpe). 



M. 



Total leiiytli -• 171 



!., -Viitli to end of vent I'JO 



l,ciiK.'-'i to <iiiiioHil<!gi'<)iii Olt'J 



I.t'iifitli to oiipoMitc, axilla .0:55 



Lciifftli to ojiposito anterior brancliia 021$ 



l.('n;;tli to opposito cyo 00(J 



Width of head atojes 015 



W id til of head between eyes 010 



(Ireatest width of li<!ad 017 



I.enfith of anterior limb 019 



l,enj;tli of poHterior linil) OIH 



|)eptli of tail at middle 014 



III life the colors are very indistinct aiid admirably adapted for coii- 

 cialiiieut ill water. In alcohol tliey fade tolij^lit brown or slate color; 

 till' lower snrfaces i)al('r. Tlieie are no spots or darker iiiiirkinfjs of any 

 kind, but in life there are iimnerons ininiite white pnneta' scattered on 

 tlie siiles and upper surfaces. 



As may be seen from the atjcompanyinji list of specimens, the range 

 of this species is (jnite limited. It has not been found ontof the rivers 

 {){' North and South ('aroliiia. 



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7(111 



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I.diMlity. 



I S. Siiiiti'c Ilivcr, S. C 

 'J Wiliiiinntoii, N. (;.. 

 1 (;iiail(sl.in, s. i; 



When 

 ciillcclcil. 



Kriiin w liiiin rcciivcil. 



— — , iHr>i) i)f. r,. K. (liiitii's .. 



Mar. — , IcK.' Ddiialil Milt.ir 



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Nature of 

 HIK-ciiiiei). 



A]f. typo. 



AI(i>lioliu. 



Oo. 



UKODELA. 



Dnm^^ril jit. 1>0I ; Cope, 1.<'7 : J'.niulosaiirhi pt. De IJlainville, l^lfi. 



No intercalary, snpraoccipital, nor basiocciiiital bones. (). maxillaro 

 present ; prefrontale present (with one exception); vomero palatina pres- 

 ent, not ai)proximated to usually present pteryyoidea ; orbitosphenoid 

 lar;i;e, not reacliinj; palatal surface; mandible with teeth on the deiitale. 



IJody of proatlascoiissilied, with the atlas forminj;' theodontoid proi;- 

 ess of the latter. Cervi(;al vertebra' without verteb'-arterial canal. 

 No rutlimental (centra or intercentra. Kibs with two, fre(iuently closely 

 approximated, heads. 



No median sternal elemer.ts. Ooracoid bone rudimeiital. Sacral 

 ril» well developed. Tubes represented by a sinjjic cartilaginous plate, 

 which sometimes contains a median osseous (;enter. Iscliia in mutual 

 «'ontact throughout their length. No obturator foramen. Femur with 

 distinct great trochanter. 



The stapes has no coiinectiiui with the susjiensorinm in the adult ex- 

 cept in the Cryptobranchida' and Ampliiiimida'. It is connected with 

 the suspensory (iartilagi', w!ii"'!i is (•;)'itiniiiHis with the (piadrate carti- 

 lage, in the latter families, and in the young of other Urodela. The 





