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150 lUJLLlOTIN 34, IJNITICO STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



111. l.lii. 



Will til ol'sdlc oChiml loot ~-^ 



Wiilthoftiiil :••' 



Wi.lllioflMHly ^-'j 



Willi h oC Iioad (j,nviitc,st) •'■'' 



Width lifiwocii fxti'iiiiil iiiiiVH 



Widlli lict wccii iiitcniul iniri's '•'' 



Tlii.s liiiiKl.soiiic spccit's woiiltl iippiMi'to lu' nor micoinidnii in ()r«'<;on, 

 I Ibiiml it ;il)iimliiiitl,v in ihc it'dwood (oicst at Russian liivcr, (!ali- 

 fornia. It.s »\v('s arc pioiiiiiii'iit and hcantiliil in lili'. 



(lirai'd refem'd tliis .spc(;ic.s to a .ycnn.s wliicli lie called IhMcdia, and 

 as it appears to ine without reason, as I can liiid no cliaracteis liy wliicli 

 to distin.i,niisli it IVoin I'lelhodon. \)v. Mivait inl'oinicd me that tliis 

 species was labeled as identical willi tiie Triton cnstdKs Kscli. in tlie 

 llrilisli Mii.seiiin, and i»resiiininj;' on lln^ accnrac.v of tlie det<'iinination 

 I called it /*. eusatxs. On examination of his (i<>iircs I find liiat ilsciis- 

 cholt/Zs animal is very dillerent, perhaps .ucnerically so, and i>rol»al>Iy 

 worthy of reference to a {jentis I'^nsatina, in accordance with Dr. (iray's 

 cataloiiue of tlie IJritish Mn.senm, a coarse followed I»y Dr. Uonleno'cr. 



{{(•sides specimens in Mnsenmoflhe IMiiladelphia .Academy and l-'ssev 

 Insfitiite, and my own «!al>inet, the following have come nnder my ol»- 

 siM'vaMon : 



I'lillitxUiu tirfijiiiii iisis (;ii<l. 

 lUCsr.uvK si:i;ii:>. 



' r » 



p 



Ciitiilntno N'o. Ill 



l.iiialil V. 



WI..11 



fdllciinl. 



Kliplii wliiiiii iiTrivril. 



Mdiitoirv. Cal CnilicM 



I'llfli'l Sidinil. Oli';;iill .. . III. I ' 1;. Ki'llMi'liv 



ilii (• I! l; K. I'M.ih 



I'l-tiilimiii, (.'ill I M. SiiiiiiirU 



(J;ilil'miii:i I''.»4 .1. S. .VihIk iin 



Hcikilcv.Ciil 

 I'iif;('t Soiiiiil.. 



ls«t 



I'LF/nioDON ('I{0('i:ati:i.' copr 



U. Iv C. StraiMs 



W. llia.vtiiii 



Natiiii' (il'siH'cl- 

 null. 



Alriiliiilii' 

 Do. 



Ho. 

 ii.> 

 ii». 

 Ho. 



Uo. 



rror(>(>d. Ac. Xiit. Sci. I'liila.. iSiT, p. -Jlo, /. ,■.. HC'.i, p. |iH: Stniiicli, 

 Siiliim. ji./il ; lloiilnij;iT, Cat. l!atr. (Ir.id. Hril. Mils., nl. ii. Irts.', ji. .'>,',. 



The largest sjteeies of the jicnus, and one of the ".lost oiiiamented of 

 the Aiiieri(^an salamanders. 



In primary features this species is near the /'. ortfioyinisis (lirard 

 havinj;' the altachmeI^t of the toncne aloiin' the median line (piite nar- 

 row, and a very narrow free margin in front. 'Ihe jialatine teelli form 

 two lonjj transverse .separated ar(;s, which aic directed more poste- 

 riorly at their median than extcri(»r extremity, the latter e.xtendinj;' far- 

 ther ontside the outer mar},nn of Ihe inner nar(>s than the Iran.sverse 

 diameter of the same, Th(> tail is snltcvlindrical and slender: conr 



