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(piitc ovidciil. In tlic sinnllcsf spcciiiuMi of ;5!»!»S iiro visible iniimToua 

 louiidcd, im-jiiiliiil.v disposed Ii,ylit snots on llic lower i»iiit olllic sides, 

 with some scattoml over on the bcli.v, :ivriaf'in}>- Iialf the, size of the e.vo, 

 Imtwitli faintly dt'rmcd niarj-ins, Somio scatteml ones are seen on tlie 

 side of the (ail. These iiiav he j)hindu'ons or l)]nish in life. In the lar;,'est 

 specimen of .">i»7!>, l{ii)le,v, Ohio, these l)lnish sjiots are (inite evi(h'nt, 

 on the side of Ixxly and tail. 



(Jencrall.v the f,Monnd coloi of the alcoholic specimen is lead-colored 

 to olive brown and blackish; lijjht beneath. The coh»r of the livin}>' 

 animal is similar to that seen in alcoholic s]»ec,iinens. Specimens liave 

 been h>nn(l at locali(i<'s latlici' distant from each other of a dark brown 

 color, with a lateral shad<> of a still (hirker hue. Snch specimens are 

 of the stouter type of the species as to pi'ojtortions. Of two sj)e(M- 

 mens from ('lark Connty. Va., llie width of the head enters the leiifith 

 to the yroin 1.', times in one specimen, and the other but little over four 

 times. Other specimens aie from Saint Catheiine's, Ontario, in the 

 National Alnseum, and from southern Indiana in the riiiladel])hia 

 Academy. They have liecn referi'erl to as <listinet species and described 

 as Aiiihli/stouKi fiisciim by Ilallowell, but I cannot tind any characters 

 to distinfjnish them from ihv A. jcJJ'irNou in )i)(m ])roi)er. They ri'sem 

 ble almost exactly th<' .1. rojictnnDu in coloi', but diller entiicly in pro- 

 l)ortions. In that species the body is not Ioniser than the lenjitli ante- 

 rior to the axilla, while in this one the Ibi'iner dimension much exceeds 

 the latter, 



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Flii. 10. A iiil'hixloiiiri jijK rmniininiiii l\ )ic nl' \ in fii;<rinii. Nn. 'NOT Cliirkc Coiintv, V.I. 



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A specimen of A. ji f)) isdiiidiixm about L' inches Ion;: is !iot mate- 

 rially dilferetit from the ailnlt, althoii;;h the two inner palatine patches 

 are moi'e arched, 



Amhli/stomo jr(r<'rsnui(iuum laleralv Hallow. 



AmhlyHinmn Intirnlr, IImIIhw., /. c., ]>. li.'-j. 



Amlihinloiiia Jitlirxoniniiiim, viir. hiliKili l'it\n' i ,■.. I',(inl(ii^r,.|.; c,.,!, I{,.,|). (Ini,!. i!rit. 

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This form is (juite distinct tVom the typical A. jcJ/o-NonininDn, -.uul 

 would rank as a spe<!ies were it not that its character and ihosv n\ iIk^ 

 latter int(>rblend. In typical si)eeimeiis of ih,. ,l. j, la Irni Ir thi'\w:u\ is 



Jiarrower and the body more slender. When the lind 



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the sides they frcfpiently do not meet by a short interval, while tl 



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