THE BATKACHIA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



B43 



and down the sides to a point opposite the end of the stripe jnst de- 

 scribed and parallel to it; in ftict, we may distinguish anteriorly five 

 distinct dark strijDes, and posteriorly six, all about the same size, at 

 the same distance apart, and parallel to each other. The extreme margin 

 of the upper jaw is brown, but between it and the facial stripe is a 

 narrow, well-defined line of white extending under the tympanum across 

 the shoulder to be lost on the side. The marginal dark marking on the 

 upper jaw is continued across the angle of the mouth (with a slight in- 

 terruption over the canthus) up the arm, in a narrow line. The legs 

 are all irregularly marked with rounded dark blotches, not fasciated ; 

 the buttocks brown, with whitish spots on the granulations. 



Some specimens are much darker than the one just described, and 

 occasionally there is a tendency to irregularity in the outlines of the 

 stripes, almost breaking them up into spots, in which, however, the 

 serial arrangement is always evident. Sometimes, too, the edges of the 

 stripes are deeper colored than the middle. 



Tig. 87. Ohorophilus triseriatus. No. 8553. Fairplay, Colorado; 1-4, a ; 6-7, f;. 



Inches. 



Length of body 1.08 1.00 



Arm 55 .51 



Femur 40 .37 



Tibia 45 .42 



Tarsus 28 .27 



Inclies. 



Hind foot 50 .46 



Hindleg 1.52 1.41 



Chord of head 32 .29 



Width 30 .28 



RESERVE SERIES. 



Catalogue 

 number. 



No. of 

 spec. 



Locality. 



When 

 collected. 



From whom received. 



Nature of s]'ec- 

 imen. 



3859 

 3588 

 3308 

 5918 

 5934 

 3314 

 3619 



3621 

 3307 

 5382 

 5146 

 3307 

 3316 

 3311 

 3306 

 3317 



Racine, Wis - . 

 Cook County, 111 . 

 Port Union, Dak. 



Eort Resolution . 



Laramie River 



South Grand River, Mis- 

 souri. 



Saint Louis, Mo 



Blue River, Kansas 



Selkirk Settlement 



Red River of the North 



Salt Lake Valley 



Fort Union, Dak 



Upper Missouri 



Port Pierre 



do 



Dr. P. R. Hoy.... 

 R. W. Kennicott . 

 Dr.J.Suckley ... 



Dr. Kennerly 



W.S.Wood 



(?) 



Dr. G. Engelmann 



(?) 



R. Kennicott 



do 



J. S. Bowman 



Dr. P. V. Hay den . 



do 



do 



Gov. 1. 1. Stevens . 



In some specimens from the Missouri Eiver the liead appears to be 

 narrower and more elongate, the tongue more orbicular and less notched. 



