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end of an individual stalk, and all were fastened to a com- 

 mon base. This base had evidently been anchored to a 

 stone or lump of earth. The eggs were in the early 

 stages of segmentation. The following note accompanied 

 them: " The salamander and eggs were found under the 

 platform in front of a barn, in dry earth next the founda- 

 tion wall, and about fifteen inches or more below the sur- 

 face. The ground had been filled in, and was full of 

 spaces. There was some dry rotten wood near the eggs. 

 One or two smaller salamanders were near. About twice 

 as many eggs were found as sent. There was no water 

 within ten or fifteen feet." The salamander sent with 

 these eggs was a female, and had a very large number of 

 minute eggs in its ovaries. 



On July 30, 1895, I killed a very large Autodax which 

 had been sent me, from Los Gatos, several days before. 

 It contained twenty-five eggs exactly like those described 

 above, except that they lacked the gelatinous covering. 

 These eggs appeared to be still in the ovaries. There 

 were twelve on the right side of the animal, and thirteen 

 on the left. Besides these enlarged ones, there were 

 many minute ova. 



