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THE IJATRAcnilA OF NOUTIf AMERICA 193 



MiaiiivniuHls of Xo. (WJl, iii hiihiH. 



ItlcllI'M 



Li'iigtli, iixial, from Niioiit to rictus oris j 



Li'ii;;tli, fixiiil, from snout to iixiliii 4(; 



I,('i);;tii, axial, from snout to j^roiii l.«2;) 



Li'ii;;tii, iixijil, from snout to end of vent l.f)! 



I,('ii;;tli, axial, from snout to end of tail ;i. (II 



l,rn.i;tli of fori! liuil) ;{ 



1 -I'll:; til of for(! foot (W 



hi'nj;tli of hind linil> ;{(j 



Li'n;;tli of Iiind foot 17 



W'idtll of liind-foot sole ^ 



Will III of head at lictns oris <j 



Width of liody at miildlc •'•^ 



Habitat, ('t(!. This suliiinaiHlcr is chlt'Hy iibmidiiiit in flic chain of 

 llio Alli'shiiiiios and thoir ontlyiiiy spurs. I liave never sci'ii it in th(^ 

 liill <u)iiiitry (if Pennsylvania or tiio lower ])hiins of New Jersey ami 

 .Maryland, nnr have I observed it in the Alle^lianies of sonthwesterii 

 Vir,i;inia. 1 have taken it abundantly in the IJIack Moiitains of North 

 Carolina. The riiiladelphia Academy possesses nninerou.s speeimeiis 

 IVotn the IJroad-Top iMonntain, in southern Pennsylvania, from Dr. 

 I.i'idy, It has others from Warren County, Pa., from Dr. Mainlall. In 

 northern Peiin.sylvania and the Adirondacks it is very abundant. 



The habits of this iiniinal tire terrestrial. It occurs under the bark 

 of every fallen lo^ of headock [Abiefi canadensis) and in the debris of 

 tiie dark divmp forests of the North. I never saw one in the water of 

 .streams and river baidvs, the habitat of the other species of the ;,'enus. 



Professor Baird was familiar with this si>ecies befor.', I described it. 

 I published his su^'^festion, expressed in ii letter, tlnit. it was tiie S. 

 Iialdnnani of Ilolbrook. Ilolbrook's fiojure does not represent tlii.s 

 species in any deoree, nor is his description more conclusive as to the 

 reference of this species to it rather than some others. JJe says it is 

 marked with spots on the upper surfaces, which are "disposed without 

 much regularity," but the largest arc on the iiaidvs. There are but few 

 sjjots above in this animal, and they are in a regular mediiin series. 

 The sides iire banded. He also describes and ligures the belly as yel- 

 low, which it is not in JJcHmof/nathns oohropluva. The ISalamandra hat- 

 dvman'i ai)pears to me to have been proposed on an unusually s[)otted 

 Spclcrpes bilineafus. 



PvsmofjiKtthHn ochrophwu Cope. 



Locality. 



Alli'Kiiiiv (!i)iuitv, X. Y 

 liiaiUiinl Cipinil'v, I'a... 

 .Mciiilvillc, l>a 



Wlu'iii'ii anil liipw 

 ubtaiuL'il. 



Or. Stevens. 

 C.C Martin. 

 l'r()re.s,sor Wllliani.s. 



Siis(iiieliaiuia Comity, I'a j I'rofew.sor Coiic. 



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