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TlIK IJATUACIIIA OF NOKTIF AMEUICA. 



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Upper lip inodtTiitrly tniiiciiti', with iiilVauiiroal iuiglos, and in one, 

 rmliniental (5ini. The innz/le is rather thiek and slioit, the head Hat; 

 in one snniUer spt'cinien the former is a litth^ loiifrer than in the others 

 ami the width of the iiead rehitivcly less. Tiio vomerine teeth form 

 sliort series, each rather suchlenly bent haekwards; the pterygoid two 

 narrow patches not approaching the vomerines, the rehitions in this 

 respect being as in »V. hiliiwdtus. 



Tiie eoh)r in ftmr specimens is an nnspotted brown, the inferior sur- 

 faces paler, especially the gnlar region. In the smaller specimen above 

 mentioned, which seems to constitute a variety, the brown color forms 

 a broa«l dorsal band with dark j)oints; the sides are of u i)inkish gray, 

 aiul the uuder surfaces light yellow. 



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VUi. :;0. Sjirlrriirs iiiiiUifliidtiiK. Xo. JOIIS. V\vt\ llivcr. Alk. ; f, t- 



Miii-iiiniiiriils of tin htvijvxl xjnr'iiniH on the rM'iv of llu: body. 



Inches. 



Lfiiy;tli fioiii mii/./lc to (iiliil O.'i 



l/cMijj;lli from mii//.li' to riitiis }•> 



l..'iij;tli iVtiiii iimz/li- t(i axilla l','."! 



l^fii;{th I'll (111 iiiil//l(' III j;roill I. ;">:{ 



I.i'iij^lli riiim 111 II //li' to CI 1(1 (if tail ;\.'-i\ 



ij'iijilli 111" Ion; iiiiili M.V.i 



l.fiij;tli of I'oK -loot OS 



I. distil of liiiul liiiili *,';» 



l,iii}r)ii of iiiiid loot i:{:j 



Width of licail at aiiti'iior aii;;I(' orliits. 1 



Willi h of Ilea. I at rictus -22 



Width of liody at- .sacriiiii i.^ 



The form of this species woidd iiidi<;ate it to be terrestrial in its hab- 

 its. Of its geograi»Iiical range we have as yet little information, except 

 that it belongs to tiie southern central region of the <!ontineiit. Profes- 

 sor Cragin sent me a specimen which was taken in southern Kansas, 

 and tlie types wei«' fcuind as below stated. 



No, |(K5S; ."» specimens; Ked Hiver, Arkansas; Dr. L. A. Edwards. 



SI'KM'.Kl'KS i'.ii.INKArrs (iiccii.* 



Hiiiiil, .foiiiM. Ac. riiila.CJ), i, p. 'J-T : ('ope. I'roc. Ac. I'liila., l^ii'.», p. 107; 

 Siiaiic!\, Saiam., p. ^J ; Cope. .Viiicr. Nat. i\, p. I(tl ; (i ray, Cat. ISalr. 

 »iiad. Urit. Mils., cd. I. p. II : il.iilow.di. .lomn. Ac. IMiila. ('.'), IV, 

 p. :!lii: Koiili ii'^i r, C.il. It.ilr. (iraij. ISrii. Mils., cd. II, l-SJ, \>. Ci!!. 



SuliiiiiiiiKlra hiliiicditi (Jrccii, .foiirii. Ac. IMiila.. I. p. '.'Wi; Molhr., \. A. Itcip., v, p. r>5, 

 I'i. 1(1 •, lie Ka.v, N. V. I'aiiii. l.'-pl . p. 7'.t, I'l. -J;!, li-, C.T. 



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