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above and uncolored on the belly. The Pedee River series ranges 

 from 40-150 mm. in length and shows no color-pattern at any stage. 

 There can be no question of the distinctness of this form. 



3. Proteus anguinus Laurenti. 



Loc? 4,279; [4,312-4,314 (3)].— Europe, [873]; 4,269; 4,270.— Carniola, 

 Caves, 3,973; Adelsburg cave, 2,366.— Dalmatia, 1,905.— Styria: 

 Gratz, 1,942. 



L nfortunately, some of these specimens cannot be referred to any 

 of the various local races. They are all long snouted as figured by 

 Boulenger for P. carrarae and for P. zoisii. M. C. Z. 1,942 is uni- 

 formly pigmented above; 3,973, and 4,269 are slightly striped. 



Cryptobranchidae . 



4. Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Daudin). 



Loci 1,320 (skeleton); 1,S4=5 (skull); 4,Z72 (slough).— l^i.Y.: ? Cayuga Lake, 

 2,009 (5); Headwaters Allegheny River, 1,281 (3).— S. C: Charleston, 

 256.— Missouri, 134 (4). 



5. Megalobatrachus maximus (Schlegel). 



Loc. ? 4,721.— Japan: 332; [1,8S7 (skeleton)]; Nagasaki, 2,393; Tokio, 1,896 

 (4). — China: Western Szechuan, Hung-ya-hsien, 2,849; Ya-chow, 

 2,853. 



The two Chinese specimens are noteworthy as giving definite 

 locality -records of this species on the mainland of Asia. 



Amphiumidae. 



6. Amphiuma me.\ns Garden. 



S. C, 938.— Ga., 148.— Fla.: Eau GaUie, 2,768; Pensacola, 141; 150.— 

 [Ala.: Mobile, 143]. 



All the above ai;e small, nearly uniform blackish above and below, 

 and with two fingers or toes on all the limbs. 



