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II((hUs. — This species, tliou<;li no widely distiibiited, is seldom .seen. 

 After rains in sprinjj: and suinnier its cries may bo heard at ni}^ht, pro- 

 ceeding' always, so I'ur as my experience yoes, IVom temporary pools. 

 I have observed it twice in Pennsylvania, twice in New Jersey, and 

 once in Massachusetts on the main land oi>i)ositc Martha's Vii>eyard. 

 Specimens IVom the latter lo(!ality which I kept in a vivarium burietl 

 themselves in the earth by day, but issued at nightl'all and indus- 

 triously explored tlieir surroundinj^s. Tiieir burrows were concealed 

 l»y th(5 loose earth whi(!h fell into and (illed them, but below this the 

 bony top of the head could be always found. Frecpiently one eye i)ro 

 je<'ted from the debris, presentiu};' with its brassy-colored iris a most 

 siiijiuhir appt'aiaiu;e. On beins irritated with a hard object they utter 

 a clattering" note entirely unlike that of the breeding' season. 



SCAl'HIOl'US L'OIICIIII IJainl. 



(Plate (W, lig. a.) 



I'iocccmI. Ac. I'liilii., vii, K."), (i. (!•.', iiiid U. S. Mox. Ittiiiiid. Siiiv., ii, |.-<5i), 

 l.'i'lit., |). ^.H, I'l. :!.'). Ii;;s. l-C; Coi"', I'rocccd. Ac. IMiilii., iSl.i, p. W; 

 ISiocclii, Miss. Sc. Mfx.Jiiitr., p. '.»(; ; 15(mlL'n-;t'r, (Jal. liatr. Sal. Hrit. 

 SI IIS., -J.l ..(1., IsS'i, p. 454. 



Scapliiiipii.'i viniiis Cope, /. c, ji. r>'i ; IJrocclil, /. c, p. 'J7. 



Smiiliitiiiux fcclifrcnin Cojif, I'l'dcft'd. Ac. Pliila., Irti:?, p. ;'):{; iirocclii, Miss. .Sc. Mcx., 

 I?atr., p. ','7: lioiilcii;fcr, Cat. Hrit. Mii.s.,','d cd.. IKS-J, 4:i."). 



Form stout; head more elongate, acuminate oval; width of frontal 

 iegi(Mi greater than from lip to iiares, on(!-thiid the length of the tibia. 

 Prolile gradually descending; front plane, nuizzle projecting, rounded. 

 Anterior border of tympanum scarcely distinguishable, Eyes very 

 prominent. V'onu'rine teeth opposite middle of choana', which ecpial 

 ostia pharyngea. Tongue round, slightly emarginate. Parotoid gland 

 llat, descending on the side. Skin tuberculous, es[»ecially on tln^ sides; 

 sonu'times a slightcryptiferous thickening of integument of tibia ; none 

 Oil the sides of the pectoral region. A i>osttympanic antl an ante- 

 pi'(!toral fold. Abdomen slightly rugose; gular region smooth. Cunei- 

 form i)rocess elongate. Toes fully palmate. 



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Color above yellowish, with irn-gnlar brown bands, which converge 

 between and behind t lie orbits; otliei's diverge on the Hanks, beginning 

 at th(> or'.)its; one IVom same point lo hip and one; on cantlius rostralis. 

 There is a (•(uilliicnce of dor.^al bands near the sai'rum, A light band 

 on outer face of tarsiis and toe; hand yellowish, 



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