THK HATRACMIi.V OF NORTIF AMERICA. 



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liirjjcr spotted Viroswiis in H.lOl, 3295, 1)317, luid 3320. In 4.")JH, from 

 Mi'xico, tlio iios(! is iiciitc as in It, r, rircscenH. 



This sjH'cies lins tlio widest laiij^e of any North Aiacricaii I'm;;. It is 

 r.Miiid from the Atlantic coast to the Wicna Nevada Mountains, and 

 IroMi Athabasca Lalve, in the north, to (xuateniahi inclusive to the south. 

 It does not 0(H;ur on the I'ai.iiic coast. The (^oniinon .Mexican form A'. 

 r. <(i(slricohi (!ope has bi'eii misnamed A'. Iccoiiiri liy most modern writ- 

 ers. The latter name belongs to the A'. dniijUini. 



Ml'. (Jarnian has Ml the Inilletin of the l-'ssex Inslitute called atten- 

 tion to the fact that the name K. halccina, l)y which this Ki»ecies is gen- 

 erally known, which is supposed to have; been ;;iven by Kalni, does not 

 occur ill the wiitiiigsof that author, who really calls it A', rirescviis. In 

 a letter to nie he slates the case as follows, lie beyius with a (luotation 

 from Kalm : 



111! K('!*;i til Norni A ncricii, iii, ITlSl, |i. ((!. Dcras I'lir;; ar .sinnt.sii; {jrrtn, wtriiild liiir 

 ocli (lar iiii'il l>riiii,iklij{a Ihifkiir. • » » 



Ddtiiiilt' kiniiia liailiis : Ifaiiii vircsr.'iis i)]antis ((^tradactylitj li.ssin, italiuix pentiv- 

 (liiutyliH HOiiiipaliiiiitii, iiiaculii (it'pre.ssa fiisca pniic ooiiliiiii. 



The para^'raph from which the above is (juoted begins with '* Sill- 

 liilppetassor kallades har af deSvenskaen art af yrodor,''i'tc. The name 

 liana lu'lecina <loes not occur in the text. The lirst appearance of this 

 name that occurs tome is in '• Der Naturforscher," xvill, 1782, p. 185. 



Sclireber here figures the species, on Plate iv, so well, llierecau be no 

 mistake. II. • refers to the synonymy as follows: 



Dor Pipfroscli, li'mia ;>i/>i(»v, S. Tal), iv. h'niKi (Kjiiaticd. Catt'sb., C'arolin.,'i, p. 

 7(1. lab. TO. Ki.KiN., (Jiindiiii)., \i. 1 Hi. 



KaiiiV viirHociiM, i)lanlis (iniiss licisst'ii : paliiiis) trtradactyli.s lis.sis, paliiiis (iimss 

 lit'lsMcii : plaiiiis), pt'iitadai'tylis .scmipaliiiatis; niaciiia dcpro.s.'ia t'linca ixme ocuiinii. 

 Kalm Hcsa til Xorra. America, lorn. :t, />. '111. 



liana hah'cina, Sill-hoppcfossor, Kalm, /. c, ]). ■•'>. 



Where Sclireber yets his h'an(( halccina from Kalm, I do not know. 

 It isnot in tlu^ Ivcsa of llaile, 17.").{-I7(il. We do not lind it in the 

 translation by Forster, 1772, in ICnyiish. I'ossibly it may occur in the 

 translation by Murray, '•'Utingen, 1754-'0-t, Beschreibuiig der Ucise, 

 etc,, which is not at ham. 



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Eana rircscens sphcnoccphaln Cope. 



Rana oryyln/nrha Hallow. I'loccod. Ac. I'liila. (K>ti), p. It.'. Not of Sniidiivall. 



The typical forms of this species come from Georgia ami Florida. 

 These look like ji different species from that which is found throughout 

 the interior of the continent, and represent the R.oxyrhynchaoi' llul- 

 lowell. I des(!ribe a specimen from the former State. 



Viewed from above, the muz/do is elongate and acuminate, and the 

 narrow apex is rounded and i)r()jects well beyond the lower jaw. The 

 nostril is at a point half-way between it and the anterior border of 

 the orbit. The canthus rostrales are well within the plane of the lips, 



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