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H« I'.ii.urnx :!i, rN'm;i> staths naiionai. miskim. 



the rami iuit.Ti.»iI.v, ami moiv than lialf fix- widtli of Ww head. The 



iiiiM'i' nostrils an- (|"'''' lii<«'''i>'' 



Tlir palatine K-ctli tonsi a very <>l>fns.' aii;;le aiiU-rioily, iracliin- l(. 

 i.lMMit cpposil.' tlir mi.l.llrnf thr iniuT iiaics aii<I oNtcii.liii^' lalcially 

 iM-ynml tl.ciii :.v alK.iit ..ih' <liamct."f. TIkmv is a sli-l.t intcmiptim. 



iiloiii;' 111.' median line, imt no a|.i>fecial.l. e elsewhere. Tlie Iiml).s of 



the V are not entirely strai-lit. l»iit l'»nn a double eiiive (seairely apim'- 

 eialde) .Ml .'a.di si.h-. Their an- Iw.-lv.' .-..stal Kn.ov.-s. The p(dvio 

 grooves aie n.>l appreeialde, and oidy tiio.se al lh»^ Wa.se ol the tail. 



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Vli:. W- A iiil'liil'miii 11 i.lnru: Nil \\ 'S: . 'i.l I ,ii lin-< 'line 



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Til. 'tail is MTV lonu. iT>nsi(ler.ii)ly ese.'.'dini: the icst ol t he :iiiimal. 

 niiieh eomiti.'sse.l from the has.'. tlion;;li not .-hnaled ; o\al ill (Mosssec 

 lion, and only h.-eoininu sharp ii.-ar the tip, without any erest. No 

 fjrooves an- visiiile aloii;^ dorsal or ventral .mtline. 



There »h> not ajipear l.» he any peeiiliarili.'s in Hie feet .lisliii<iiii,shiiij; 

 it from other a.piatie .\inl»lystoma.s. 



The color ol' this species is a yellowisli olive ; Ini^-hler yellow l»o- 

 noath. with more or less ana s|.)iiiosin;i' or retieiilalin^ bands of wellde- 

 liiied brown on the back and si.les, aiid a f.'w rounded sjjoIs of tlie 

 same on the belly. TIk'sc ban. Is in width averaj^e, p.'ihaps, the diaiii(>- 

 ter of the .*ye, th.)ii;;h \aiiable in this respect. ( 'ompared with yl. ^/ 

 (jritiiim, tlii.s species iias a i»r.>portionally smaller head, more prominent 

 'ower jaw, much l.)n<>-ei tail, and .lilVei.'iit c(»lor; yellow predominatiii.t; 

 in *lie (»ne and biown in the other. The r('lali.)nsliip. however, appears 

 to be very close. The .lij;ifs, p.'ihaps. are narrower, th.m<;li also triaii- 

 pillar and depressed. 



The only specimen oi'Uw A-xiphias yet kiiowi< is from ('oluinl)ns, Ohio 



(No. n ;•..".). 



