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is (lividtMl (H'liti'iill.v l).v a loii^Mtuiliiial ilark lirowii line, b('<;iiiniti<; as a 

 few (luts, oil the t(ii> of tlu> licai], tlit-ii uniting; into a (Mtntiiiiioiis stripe, 

 which vxtciids to the riitni>, and is a littk; iiairower than, or about e(|iial 

 to, the two li}>ht stiipos into wliich it diviihs tliu color of the back. 

 Tim lij^ht dorsal stripe is bordered on each side by a continuous dark 

 stripe well delined on the upper ed}je. The under parts are .vellowisli 

 in alcohol, distinctly mottled or veriiiiculated with brown in about 

 e(|ual proportions. In tlu^ present specimen there is no distinct li^ht 

 line below the brown of the sides, which breaks up gradually below, 

 passiii}^ into the reticulation described. There is a sinjjle light spot in 

 the darkest part of the sides, one to each intercostal section. The sides 

 of the tail are dark brown, with vertical light bars analogous with the 

 white spots just described. 



In other spe«'iniens the dark brown which bonlers the yellowish of 

 tli(^ back is sharply defituMi on its lower margin, also forming a con- 

 tinuous line of variable diameter, with a series of white spots, one to 

 eacth space, between tli(> costal furrows. ISelow this iigaiii is another 

 contimious, quite well-delined light stripe, after which succeeds the 

 inottling descriiietl. In this casii then' are three black stripes, om> 

 median dorsal, and two lateral; and four light stri|u>s, two mtMlJan,of a 

 brownish-yellow color, and two lateral, whitish in alcohol. 



The comparison of form has already been made with «S'. loiifiictiuthis. 

 The color dilfers essentially in tlic vi'riiiiciilation, with l»rown beneath, 

 instead of being p«'rfec(ly immaculate. If the varieties ofN. Iinii/icainhtu 

 having Ihrei^ series <»f (basal dots hail these united iut«» eonliniiouH 

 stripes there would W some resemblamu' to the present species. Such 

 is, however, never the case. The tail, instead of being yellow, with 

 narrow vertical dark lines, is dark, witli narrow verti«!al light ones. 



1 have found a cirrigerous form of this species in North Carolina. 



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 lA'Uf^th, nifiisiiri'il iiliiii;; a\iM nf Hody : 



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I'loin . snout to ;;nlar I'lilil 



I'roin snout to :irni|iil 



I'nnii snout to •;niin 



l''i'oiu snout to lit'liinil iinus 



Ki'oiu suoMi lo rnil of tiiil 



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('iicuuifiTcncc of liclly 



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.7.') Tail : H(j;;lil of tail where lii<;lieNt. 

 I.Di) Liuilis: 



','. ','."1 free iiortioii of lon;;est liny;er.. 



Troui eiliow (() tip of lon«{est 



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