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TIIK UATliACIIIA ol' NOKIII A.MKKH'A. 159 



of tliii si«U>.s of tlic lit'utl, body, aiitl bii.sal tliinl of tail are <l(i8ted fliiu 

 wliitu (lots. 



MiiiHiin mi nl». 



M. 



Li-ii^th, uxiiil, I'rniii cikI of iini/zlc lo rictus mis nn ;7ri 



I. I'll >r III, axiiil, tVtiiii I'liil tit' iiiii//,lo III ii\illii iiii-<ii 



I.i'iij;lli, iiNiiil, rniiii ('Mil III' III II /./.lo 111 j^ioiii (ivi7 



l.i'ii|;lli, ii\iiii, I'l'iiiii criil til' iiiii/./.li< III I'liil lit' vi'iil II.! 



l,i'li;jlli, lixiiil, r •' t'llil <it'iilil/./.li) In rml nl' lail (l.'iS 



I.i'iifil li 111' riiid 1 1 mil (HiriT'i 



Lili;;lli of I'liii' riinl {»)■' 



l,rii},'lli 111' hi ml limli IK (7 



I,ci|i,Mli iil'liiriil fiiol (M)'^H 



Willi li iit'lii'iiil (MKii 



Wiillli i.riiiiily (lOlJJ 



Willi li i.l'lail UU.> 



Only one. spt'ciiiicii of this Npocit's li:is (Miinr iiimI*t my olisiTvatioii. 

 It was I'oiiml liy C .1. Mayiianl, of Sali'iii, .Mass., at .lacksdiivillc, 

 Kla., in l"\'l»iiiaiy, l>ii;!>. || Is pit'scrvcil in tliii iiiiist'uni of liic Pea- 

 body Aradi'iiiy of Scii'iMM's, wliicii insiitiilion It-nl it to iiic lor dftcrini- 

 natioii. 



l''roiii till* t'onn of tlit> lail it is piobalily a more aijiiatic animal than 

 its roiijLiriu'r M.^iKiiilriilifiiliilKs, .\\\tl W {\tv s|n'fniH'ii in- an avci'a;:^ ony 

 it is not ((iiitc s(» diminiit ivc. 



MANCI'l-l'S (,it AI>i:il)|(;ii'At'fS III. ,1.1.* 



('ii|M-, I'n.iiTil. \i\ I'liihi., I'll',!, |.. im , li..iilrii>;i r, CjI. It.ilr (Jiiiil 

 Itiit. Mils., 111. II, I--,', p. "■'.. 



.N'i(/(()ii(i»i//(i l//lll(//'i(^■.(/(^(/||, lli.llii., N. A. Ilrr|.., \, \i, li.".. I'l. '.M. 



JlalriKlioniiis iiiiailriilii/iliilns, Hainl, .li.iini. .\c. I'liila. (•-'), I, |.. '.'-T , .si i:ii((li, Salaiii. 

 ].. ».".; (irav, Cat. iSalr. (ir.nl. I'.iil. .Mils., nl. i, \>. \>. 



This inli'i't'stin;;- s|u'(',i('s is amoii.i;' the least, if not tin* very smallest, of 

 Ameiieaii salamanders. It is mileh like .S'y>r/rcy>r,v /;/////( (f^(.s- in iieiienil 

 aiip<'iiranee, lint is still sleiideier, and with lunger di.s;its. 



I can see nolhiiij;' distiuelive in the head. «'.Keept that the pedieel- 

 late tongue is veiy lar;;(', oval, elongated elliptieal, nearly twice as 

 loii.i;' as wide, and lilliiiuf the interspace of the lower J iw. The teeth 

 appear as in S. hilliittdiis. Tlie head is narrower than in tliis species. 



The body is cylindrical, depre.s.scd, with liftccn costal furrows; a six 

 tcLMith would lie in the axilla, lint can mil be traced. The separation of 

 the liinlis varies consideralily ; in the lar^^cst specimen the distance from 

 snout to a.\illa is contained nearly three and one-half tiiiu's in that to 

 j;roiii ; in others hardly .'5 times. 



The tail is slender, subqnadran;;iilar, and lon<,'er tiiaii the rest of tho 

 animal. 



'J'he di,i;its are iein;tlieiied and slender; tho loiifjest to« <!Oiitained 

 about two and one half times in the distance from knee to tip. The inner 



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