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Mvasurcmiiilti of So. WiJ'Jo. 



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Luii<;tli ol'lifiul, iiK'lii(liM<j;' tyiiipaiia <>t.'>4 



Widtli of Luad, iiicludiii;^ tyiiiitana 0",':{ 



Lciigtb of ibie-lt'j,' from axilla O'Jd.'t 



Leiijjfth of hind ley from yroiii O'lri 



Leiij^tli of tibia 0H> 



Length of tarsus UOi* 



Length of rest of foot 022 



The range of this species is extensive. It was originally obtained 

 near lledding in noithern California. .My friend, James S. Lipi)iiic()tt, 

 has sent it to nie from the extreme sonth of California, San Diego. The 

 Smithsonian Institntion has a slightly ditterentiated variety from Chi- 

 huahna, and specimens from my frieinl, Dr. Dng(5s, from (Inanajiiato, 

 IMexico, are the same. I snsjject that the SraphiopuH (hu/cNi Uroechi 

 from that locality is the same species. 



Abnndant in Jnly and August, when it deposits its eggs in the pools 

 of rain-water. It is very noisy at such times, and the open lots in thi^ 

 city of Santa Fe resound with its cries. These are much like those of 

 the Scaphio})^ holbrookii 



Sjua hammoiKtii hdinmoiidii Haird. 

 RESERVE SERIES. 



Ciitiilof;uc 

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1 I Cnlifoiniii ; Pr. .T. Cr. CoDpor Alc<,' ulic. 



I) I Altn(l()8 Utiis, N.Mex.., Sept.— , 1H74 I'lur. E. IJ. (;<i|m' Ale. tvjir. 



1 ! t'tali I IST'J Or. !:. (\ Vimow Alcoiriilii . 



1 ('alilbriiia Aii^. — , 187.') 'li) Do. 



1 i'ort Rcililiui.'. Cal ' Dr. .1. !•'. Ilaiiiinonil, Do. 



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S2)ca hammontUi hombifn>n.s Cope. 



(Plates .')!, lig. 17; (Js, fig. la.) 

 Cope, Joiiin. Ac. Phihi. (--i), vi, lAStl, p. 81. 



Svaphiopiis homhifroim Cope, Prnc. Ac. Pliila., IHO!!, p. r>'.\; Hoiilcnger, Cat. liatr. Sal. 

 Brit. Mu8., 'Jd ed., lHrf2, p. VX). 



Outline of inaxilhe acuminate oval ; muzzle truncate, elevated, thit^k- 

 ened transversely ; profile or vertex arched, of front concave ; canthus 

 rostral is replaced b^' a concavity. Tympanum concealed or .scart:ely 

 visible; parotoid Hat, small. No gland on tibia or pectus. Tongue en- 

 tire. Vomerine teeth in oblique fasicidi or short series between choana' ; 

 these e(inal ostia pharyngea. Skin nearly si looth, roughest on the sides. 

 Cuneiform process jiroduced. ralmation of toes deeply repand. 



Color in spirits p:ile ashen or brown, with luinieroiis plumbeous ver- 

 miculations, which are aggregated into a blotch on the scapular region, 

 which has a pale space below it. Limbs vermiculated ; outer border 

 tf tarsus and foot light. A dark spot on canthus rostralis. 





