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144 niLi.KriN :ii, I'MTKi) siaths national miiskiim. 



tlc'},Met's. Thc.v arc .si'i'iiiatod IVoin each otluT on the iiicMliaii lino by a 

 slMJit iiit('rsi>a(Taii(irn)iiilli(>|)arasi.liL-ii<)i(l.sl..valittU'l()iiKt'iM)iH'. This 



fonii is (juilc dilVcivnt from tliat ciianictoiistic of tlio P. (/liitino.sHs. 



There tlio series pass beliiiul tlie choatiie, soinet lines even beyoiul their 



external border, and from (wo arched scries, not directed backwards in 



any such dej;iee as seen in tiic i'. <niriis. The parasphenoid ])atehe8 



are close toj-ether, bnt a iiotcii anteriorly and posteriorly indicates the 



extremities of the line of separation. 



The internal di-^its on both feet are indiniental and terminate in si 

 single small i»hahinj;'e, whicli does not extend beyond the extremity of 

 the second metapodial bone, and is connected with the latter directly 

 by the intej;ument. The terminal i)hahin;,'es of ihe other toes are trun- 

 cate and slightly ex|>anded at the tii)s, as in the /*. (jIutiiiosHs. 



There are thirteen lateial dernnd folds and a gular fold. The skin is 

 smooth cNcry where. 



AfeasunmtiitH. 



M. 



Totiil U'li^'th ll"^ 



LL'iij;tli oriieml and body ('•">-•"> 



Li'iif^lli to iffoin ••17 



LeiiKtli to axilla 018r. 



Leiiijlli to richisoiis 0(17 



Lciifitli of forc-loi; from axilla ol.')"* 



Leiijjtli of ('111 lit us (lO.")!} 



Li'ii^tli ofl'oro-loot OOt; 



Lenj^tli of hi lid 1('<; 017.') 



Lcii}i;tli oflibia OO.W 



Leii-illi of hind foot 0(l.<) 



Width of head .. . 00.>^:{ 



Width bctwi'cn eves 003(! 



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 s 

 tl 

 w 



if ff 



z 



3 5 ' ' " 



l''I(i. 3'J. J'titltddijii II iicim Cti\ti', R. Ti'iiiiossoo; }. 



The coloration is peculiar. Instead of the black color, with or with- 

 out ])ale bluish dots, of tiie /'. fjUifutomiN, the sides and back arc thickly 

 spotted with large yellowisli-grecn blotches of irregular form, produc- 

 ing an etfect something like tlie coloration of the ."Mexican Spclcrjxs lep- 

 roNUS. The dorsal spots are much larger than the lateral, and are often 

 continent. On the head they almost exclude the ground color. The 

 s[)ots on the sides are (juite small, as are tho.se on the feet. The lower 

 sides of the tail ami belly are dusted with yellow, and the throat is also 

 dusted, and a little more coansely than the belly. 



The characters which distinguish the.se species from the 1\ glutinosus 

 are theditlerent torm of the vonuM'oi»alatine series of teeth, the ab.sence 

 of a costal dermal fold, and the coloration. There is some reseiublanco 



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