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TIIK r.AI"l!A('IIIA or NOIJTII AMI'.l.'ICA 89 



AMlU.YsroMA ,li:n'i;i{S(>MANrM (ii.ni 



(I'liitc •,'.'>, li^'. 11.) 



^Ut\u\ 1*11(1 Is, A'Mil. I'liila., 1^(17. p. Ilt.'>, Slr.iiirli, S.iliim.. p. f.l: lloii 



IcnjitT, (!iit r.:itr., (ini.l. Ilrit. Miih., cd. ii, H"i, p. IC. I'l. n. fp^. •.', 

 Siihimnmlni Ji (yirKiiiiiiiiiii, <i\i'f\\,{'im\v. Miicliiri'.'in liVi'i'uiii, p. (; llollii.N A II Mp, 



v.p. r.i, n. II. 



\il>liiuiiini Jiffitsoiiiiniii, 'rsrlmili. I'.iitr., p. !•:!; l>iiin. iV llilti., p. Hil. 



Trilnii iiifiir. Hi' Kav, N. V. I'liini.. III., p. ■<•">, I'l. |.'>, Ii;;. H.'i. 



Siiliiiiiiuiilni iiniuiildhi, Di' K.iy, N. V., /. c, p. 7^<, 1*1. 'l\. liy;. t'.Ci ; llciiltr , N A Ilcip 



V, p. (hi. 

 .tiiihiislomii /cll'irxoiiiiiini, I'liiiiil, .Imirii. Ar. I'liil.i. (vJ), i. p. •,'-;( 

 .tiiililjistiimii I'lisiiiiil, ll.'iilow., .Iiiii|-Il. .\r. I'llilil. ('.M. Ill, p. I!."i.'>, I-'Cp.'i. 

 .tiiihhisloiiiii ji (I'l rsiitiiiiinim, viir. I'lisiimi, (Jopc, Vvm-, Ar. I'liila., l-'w. p. I'.'T ; I'miilcM- 



firr, Cut. li.itr. (Jrad. Iliil. Mum., ciI. ii, l.-i-^J. )>. li'., 



(!nst;il <;!oov('s twi'Ivc; miieoii.s pores on tMcli .side of I lie imi/zlc not 

 (^xtriidiii;;' lu'voiid tlic urliil.s. Tcctli Iniiisvcisf, or ikmiIv so. in lliict' 

 .si>i'io.s. No or oii<> iiKlistiiK-t plantiir ttiltcrclr. I']\t('i'ii;il iiiul in! ricil 

 iiiii'cs i>qiiiilist:iiit ; lead colored to lirowii and Itlack, witli or willioiit 

 jiale or distinet lateral spots. 



Tliis deliiiitioii eovers a (•oiisideral»le riinye (»!' variation, wliic.li is ex, 

 pressed in the following: diagnoses of three snlispccMes : 



Width iiflicaii I tci l..''i times in Irii^lli tr> urojii ; li'ii^^lli n\ rye ■.'.."> liiiii's in width of 

 hi'ad aliiivr , iiiiil'iiriii lead rnjiir to hrowii I. /. i( (I'lrsnniinnim. 



Wit h of hi'.'id ."• tiiiH's in li'nj;tli to ijroin : iciiiiili ol' I'Vf nnc h.iir widili nC jicacj lu'- 

 t wren anti'iior lantlms nf cyi'.s ; hlaik williwhitr spots nn sides and hi'll\. 



I. /. lull Villi . 



Width cd' head .'i t imis to uroin : leimlli id' eve I .7.'i in widi ii of head as ,il>o\ c ; I oolh 



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slendef ; nniCorni h'ad eojoi' I. ;' iiluli 



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Aiiihlifst<ima })(})is(»ii(iiiinn JclJ'rr.soiiifininn (Jreeii. 



The synonymv oiven under tlie head ol this speeies in o».|i('ral is 

 applieahl(> to this siihspoeies only. 



Ilody decidedly more slender and elonoated than in .1. puuctdtiim. 

 Skin exerywliere shio«»th. and sliouino liironoh the transpirent epi 

 ileiiiiis the ends of the ohmds wiiicli thickly stad the entire snrface. 

 Under a lens are seen nimierons small, rounded, shallow pits lielween 

 the glands, not on them. The contraetioii of the skin in stroiio alcohol 

 between these o;lands would readily impart a yrannlated a|)pearanee. 

 The glandules are acciimiilaled into a thin stratum altove the parotoid 

 j,'ro;)V<'. 



'I'he head is elongated, with the miiz/.Ie obtuse, or trinuv.ite, the jire.at- 

 est width contained 1..~» times in thedistaiice to th(^ ^nilar fold, and frotn 

 four and a half to live times to the <;roin ; the distaiicc lo the <x\\\\\v fold 

 is contained ."(-J {iiiies in that to the ofioju. "I'li,' eyes are rather laroe 

 and situated far liehind. They are distant once the Icnotli '>f the orbit 

 from the nostrils (which are separated by iicirly twice this h ;th). The 

 anterior extremities of the orbit are distant more than twice their len.irtii. 



