386 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



mens. Tympanic membnme concealed ; ostia pharyngea smaller than 

 clioanse. 



Measurements of No. 9396, m. 



Length of head and body , 0244 



Length of head to rictus oris 0055 



Width of head at rictus oris 0075 



Length of fore leg from axilla ~ 01<J 



Length of hind leg from groin , 028 



Length of tibia 0092 



Length of tarsus 006 



Length of remainder of foot 0113 



The color of the head is chestnut above, and it is thickly mottled 

 with blackish specks beneath. The upper jaw is dark brown and the 

 lower is dark gray. The iris is very dark gray. The body is dark 

 brown along the vertebral line and is chestnut on either side of it ; the 

 sides of the head and neck below the orbits and the flanks are grayish ; 

 the throat and abdomen lighter, all thickly sprinkled with blackish 

 specks. 



Fig. 97. Engystoma carolinense. No. 



Columbus, Ga.; |. 



The anterior extremities are chestnut-brown above and yellowish- 

 brown beneath. The posterior extremities are chestnut-brown above, 

 with a few dark spots. The Ungy stoma carolinense ranges from South 

 Carolina to western Texas, inclusive, and northwards in the Missis- 

 sippi Valley to New Madrid, Mo. In Texas it is abundant in the north, 

 at Dallas; then at Houston, San Antonio, and northwestward to Fort 

 Concho. I heard it in the streets of Houston and San Antonio. In the 

 former city it was abundant, in copula, in the ditches that border some 

 of the streets, in September. The cry is loud for the size of the animal, 

 and is similar to that of the Bufo aniericanvs, except in being higlier 

 pitched and more nasal (in the vulgar sense). The animals are ex- 

 tremely shy, and become silent on the approach of human footsteps ; 

 and as only the tip of their nose projects above the water-level, they 

 disappear beneath it without leaving a ripple. 



Catalogue 



No. of^ 



number. 



spec. 



3709 



1 



4744 



1 



4192 



2 



5910 



4 



3699 



1 



3707 



1 



3978 



5 



2973 



1 



9396 



I 



9954 



3 



3705 



1 



Locality. 



When 

 collected. 



From whom received. 



Nature of spec- 

 imen. 



Washington County, 

 Miss. 



Micanopy, Fla 



Riceborough, Ga 



do 



Columbus, Ga 



do 



Calcasieu Pass, La 



Charleston, S. C 



Florida 



Little Sarasota Bay, Fla. 

 New Madrid, Mo 



Col. B. L. C. Wailes. 



Di. T. H. Bean 



Dr. W. L. Jones 



Maj. J. Lo Coute 



Dr. Gesuer 



do 



George Wurdemann . 

 Dr. C.Girard 



Piof.F. B. Meek .... 

 R. Kennicott 



Alcoholic. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



