1G4 HULLliTIN :il, I'NITKI) .STATIvS NATIONAL MUSIiUM. 



Salamandid Jitirhslmu Ilarlaii, Aiiii'V. .lourii., lf''i<l, p. 'JS(;. 



Sitlanuindm \irri<jmi (Jivoii, J.miii. Ac. I'liilii., iv, p. 'iM; Holbr., /. c, p. 5:J, PI, 15. 



Spvkrpes ciniijous Bainl, /. c. ; Stiiiucli, /. r. ; Ciiay, fat. Jlatr. Gnul. Brit. Miis., cd. 



I, p. 41. 

 IloUtoijIomi bilhuata Diiiii. &. IJibr., p. 1)1. 



In desciibinj,' this species I have selected specimens IVoni New Jersey 

 as inostliivc the type of Dr. (Jreeii from the same State. These are 

 before nie, but are in rather indilVerent preservation. 



The general characters of the gronp as described under ^'. huyicauda 

 apply equally here. The chief differences of form appear (o consist in 

 SI rather narrower head, a more elongate body, and perhaps i»ropor- 

 tionally more slender digits. There are usually fourteen costal furrows 

 between the limbs; a lifteentli falling over the in.sertion of the forelegs, 

 and in some specimens possibly in the axilla. The distance from snout 

 to axilla is contained about 2n times in that to the groin. 



There is only a slight obtuseness of the lip on each side of the muzzle 

 to represent the cirrous ai)pendage of the larva, which is sometimes 

 persistent, thus presenting the characters of the suppo.sed species tS. 

 eirriijcra. 



This s])ecies is of a clear yellow; the back with a tinge of brown on 

 it, and this bordered on each side by ;i dark-brown line; sometimes 

 very continuous, sometimes slightly broken here and there, beginning 

 at the eye ; sometimes at the muzzle and running through the eye. 



The space between the lines is finely spriidiled with brown or black, 

 sometimes only appreciable under a lens, sometimes more distinct. In 

 most specimens the larger spots are aggregated into a narrow nie«lian 

 or dorsal scries extending to the tail; the spots on the line sometimes 

 partially or entirely continent. The under parts are always entirely 

 immaculate citron yellow. The sides aie very minutely dotted with 

 blackish below the lateral stripe; in nearly all the si>ecimens from 

 Orange only distinguishable under the lens, and impaiting a slight 

 dusky shade. The amount of dotting here on the side is scarcely 

 greater than that on the back. 



'ii perhaps the greater nund>erof specimens the mottling of the sides 

 is „reater than as described, making a broad lateial band, .sometimes 

 fading giadnally out of the dorsal surface, ami fading out along the 

 belly, sometimes leaving the lower edge of the dorsal stripe well 

 marked; occasiomdiy the whole sides are almost as dark as the lateral 

 stripe. There is a row of pores on the upper part of the sides, one to 

 each intersitace between the costal furrows. The.se show in the «lusky 

 sides as a line of whitish spots, as tliey «lo in *S'. (jutlolincnta. This may 

 be owing in both either to the transparency of the epider«nis or to the 

 actual presence of spots of white around these pores. 



This species bears a cIo.se resemblancse to ncsm<>(fn<Ulius orlnophaa in 

 some of its conditions of coloration. Tiie latter may be always «lis- 

 tinguished independently of the generic characters, by the broad light, 



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