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to tlu' I'.jliiripiinrtatn.s ol' Stiiiiii!li, Iroiii C'uliloi ;iiii, to Judaic by tlio dc- 

 s(;ri|)tiuii ^ivcii l>.v lliat iiiitlior. Ih* stales llial llu* tail is sliortiT than 

 tlio liua<l and body, tliat tlic di<;ils iirc iiioru iiciih', and tliii spots arc 

 waiiliiijL? on llii^ lirad and sniallci' on tin- liack tlian on the sidos. In all 

 tlu'si' points it (lill'crs iVoni the /'. a twiis. 



I ha\'(t s(M-n lint one s[)i'(;iiii(>n ol this species. I look it al llie nninlli 

 ol' the. Ni(;ka.jack (7ave, wliicli is in the nionnlains al the jnnetion ol 

 the bonndarie.s of the States of (leorjuia, Alabama, and Temu'ssee. 



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l'l,i;Tli(»l)()N FLAVIITNCTATIS Stiamli. 

 Siilaiii., |i. /I; Ifiiiilciinci-, ('ill. Ii:ilr. (liail. Mill. Miin., cii. ii. H-i-.*, p. ,'p."i. 



Pahitiin- tcctii in two very oblitpic si'iics, (tonvci.uin.; ba«tk wards, scpa- 

 rated iVoni each other by a sli;;lit iiitersi»ace, not c.\tcndinj;(»nl wards 

 lu'yoinl (dioaiia", jtarasphcnoid Icclh in t wo elonjiate patcthes in ironlaitt 

 thron^lionl, widely separated IVoni the palatine teeth. Toii;;ne vciy 

 lar},'e; posterior border tree. Head ralhei loii^. with a median lonyi- 

 tndiiial juroove. IJody cylindrical, liiiiibs as in /'. (ihitiiinsiis, bnl the 

 lin^^ers nniro slender and more pointed, 'i'ail cylindric^al, a little shorter 

 than head and body. Skin smooth; thiit»'(Mi costal .nro(»ves. I'dack, 

 with larji'e, iire,i;nlar yellowish spots, more iiiimeidiis on the sides ami 

 (HI the npper part of thc! tail, smaller on the throat and bidly, absent 

 on thci npper snrlace ot the head and the lower sin face of the t;ul. To- 

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I lia\e not seen this species, which is said by Dr. Stranch to have 

 been obtained at New Albion, (lal. Il iiiiist be rare or of local distri- 

 bution. 1 have c.«»pied tlu^ above dcscriptit*,! trom IJonlen^'cr's Cata- 

 loj;ne of the i»ritish .Mnseiim, pa.uc ,"».'>. 



I'l.i;i'il()i)()\ IM'Kli'MKIUrs liaii.i. 



rroiTi'il, .\c. Nat. Sci. i'liila.. l-.')7, -J'''.': Sliainli. Salrini., |i. *•.': lioiiliiii;('r, 

 Cat. lialr. (iiad. I'.iil. Mils., |--.>. p. ."w. 



This species, in m'licr.il appearance, proportions of body, etc., is very 

 similar to /'. t-iii'iuns cfjitlirounlits, althon.^h aimndant dilVereiices arc 

 easily discoverable. The body, as in that species, is slender and de- 

 pressed, but tin' tail is sli;4htly compressed at the middle, and more 

 Klroii.niy at the extremity, 



There are no a|»pareiit peculiarities aboii! the liciid. The tonj;ne i.s 

 eloiij;a ted, elliptical, withonl postei-im-emariii nation. There are l'onrl«'('n 

 costal fiinows, or pi'ihajis lirtccn, if we include one al)ove the axilla. 

 The distance I'roin siiont t(» axilla is cmitained latlier less than three 

 times in that to .uroin. 



The dibits are well developed; more as in !'. (/liifihosns. There is 

 little, if any, indication of web at their bases, the three terminal plia- 

 lan.ues of the third and fourth toes beiim free. The third and loiirlh 

 toes are about e(pial. Tlu^ outer toe is not more than half the second; 



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