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l>r. ll<>ll)r(M)lx-, ill (l»'scril>iii,i;' tliis spcrics, Ii;ih inixtMl willi it iliciu'.- 

 «!<niiit (H' till'. t(m;ju«i iitui tcflli nl" I'hllinilini (ihiliiumKs, wliictli i| sumc 

 what rcsciiilih's, Itiil wiiicii iiiay n-iulily he (listiii^iiisiicd cxtcriiiill.v l»v 

 tliii lijuiih'i' silvcn s|»i»t.s aiitl iiiiifli slmrlci' »li;;ils. 'I'iiis imliici'il Dr. 

 Iliillowcll critUKMiiisly to iiiakc I lie .s|K'ri«'s a .s.vikmi.vmi of /'. j/htlinnsns. 

 Tin' crntr liail itsori;;iii, luuloiilit, in tlic iicanT roscmlilaiKM' of tlu' var. 

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A <'oiii|»aris(>ii of tlif spcciiiicii (li'xTilx'd witli tlic t.vjtf of He Kav's 

 SdhiDKiHiIra iinniiihini cxliiltits no apprcfiahlc (lilVcrnic*' except in llic 

 (larker coioi. lailicr nioic (l('pr<'ssf(| toes, ami perhaps inoro niassix e- 

 iookinj" jaws of (lie latter, the niii//,le a little more pointed — all iiiieer- 

 tain eliaracteis in r.leoholie speeiineiis. The palatine teeth are in hel 

 (er preseivation tiiaii in the si'eeimeii here described. The central 

 patch is interrupted aloii;; the median !ii>e, and does not extend quite 

 so far laterally. The le;;s and dl.:;its are inneli leiij;tliened, the tij;iire 

 and description of |[oll>r.)ok (see I)e Kay) (M)nveyiny- a very erroneous 

 iinprt'ssioii in this lespect. The ;;rannlatioii referred to is in pait the 

 <»l»tieal etVeet of tiic ^laiidsof the skin showing throiij;ii the transparent 

 (^Itidi^'inis, partly the result of iMintraction of the skin by ahrohol. 



Ill the type sjx'ciineii then- are no symnietrically ariaii;;('d patches of 

 pores on the head. Their ab.sence may be owinj,' to the loii;^' contimied 

 preservation of the specaiiiens, or to ,M)nie a(!(!idental deticieii(\v. In the 

 typ*' of N. tjnniuldtd these are <piite visiide. They are very distinctly 

 shown ill N(). 4i»SS, where there is .seen a strai}j;ht .series interior to the 

 eye and nostril (not reachiiif;' to the latter), bendinj;' abruptly behind 

 the eye and passin^j; beneath it. On the jtarotoid rejiion above the lat- 

 eral {groove is a sli<j;litly curved line of .six or eiyht pores and a shorter 

 stiaij;ht one above it. I>cIow the <;roove is a crowded patch, which is 

 conliiiiied in a siiiipK- series aloiii; the inner edj^e of the lower jaw. One 

 or two are seen at the side of tlu' ba.se of the lower jaw, and others aloii;>' 

 the sides of bo.ly. 



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