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The {granulation on tlio lower parts seems finer. The ground color is 

 darker, though the i)attern in much the same. The dorsal stripe does 

 not bifurcate so soon, however ; there is a tendency to spots between 

 the stripes, and there are no spots on the breast. 



Total length 7« 



Tibia HO 



Femur 5i() 



Hind U'g from heel M 



MeasnremenU, in incheSi 



1.000 Hind leg 1. 



.:W1 , Witlthofbead 



. ;{()0 Length of chord 



. 710 Fore-arm from elbow 



03 1.3()8 



20 . 2(i3 



2ti . 340 



30 . 396 



Hiud foot 3(5 



,473 



The Choroj)hilus triscriatus abounds throughout the northwest, east 

 of the Kocky Mountains. 



1 obtained it at Franklin, on the Utah-Idaho boundary, and sub- 

 sequently found it very common in the ruts of the wa,(on trails on the 

 plains east of Fort Benton, Mont. In the latter locality it was gener- 

 ally of a bright green color. 



Specimens from Gloucester County, New Jersey, present the following 

 characters: 



Body longer; head contained three and two-thirds times in total 

 length, the widtii three to three and one-half in same; tibia measuring 

 half the distance from vent to middle and anterior border of orbit; 

 smaller tympanum; teeth nearer each other than to nares; five longi- 

 tudinal bands. 



In this form the limbs are rather stout, with their upper surfaces 

 granulated or rugulose. Toes fringed or margined. The heel extends 

 to the orbit; tympanum one-third of latter. One, an inner tarsal tuber- 

 cle. The median dorsal ban<l is broad, unites with the interocidar tri- 

 angle, and is continued part way to the end of the muzzle, giving a <!ru- 

 ciform figure. Dorsolateral bands nearly straight, commencing some 

 distance above and within the tympamuu. Lateral stripe eomidete fro;u 

 end of muzzle nearly to groin. Ground color fawn ; below pale, immac- 

 ulate. Posterior limbs with half cross-bauds. 



Meamirenunta, 



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Total length l\i. Cd Tibia. 



Fore limb 7 ] Foot. 



Femur from vent ;'> | 



Liiu-g. 

 T). titi 



This species I have fouml al)undant on the sides of pools and ponds in 

 t lie neighborhood of (ilou(!ester, X. .1. in ihespringand early part of sum- 

 mer. It delights in those small and often temporary pieces of water 

 which are inclosed in the densest thickets of spiny Smilax atid Kubus, 

 with scrub oaks, and surrounded by the water loving Cephalanthus, 

 where no shade interrupts the full glow of sunlight. Here they may be 

 heard in the hottest part of the day, accompanied with a few scattering 

 Acres, or rarely a Uyla pickeringiL Their retreats are uot sought by 



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