844 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The gramilation on the lower parts seems finer. The ground color is 

 darker, thoagh the pattern is 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. 



Measurements, in inches. 



Total length 76 1.000 



Tibia 29 .381 



Femur. 26 .360 



Hind leg from heel 54 .710 



Hind foot 36 .473 



Hind leg 1.03 L 368 



Width of head 20 .263 



Length of chord 26 .340 



Fore-arm from elbow 30 . 396 



The Chorophilus triseriatus abounds throughout the northwest, east 

 of the Rocky Mountains. 



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

 sequently found it very common in the ruts of the wagon 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 width 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 baud is broad, unites with the interocular tri- 

 angle, and is continued part way to the end of the muzzle, giving a cru- 

 ciform figure. Dorsolateral bands nearly straight, commencing some 

 distance above and within the tympanum. Lateral stripe complete from 

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

 ulate. Posterior limbs with half cross-bands. 



Measurements. 



Lines. 



Totallength 12.66 



Fore limb 7 



Femnr from vent 5 



Linea. 



Tibia 5.66 



Foot 9.5 



This species I have found abundant on the sides of pools and ponds in 

 the neighborhood of Gloucester, N. J. in thespring and 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 and Eubus, 

 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 Hyla piclceringii. Their retreats are not sought by 



