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64 Storer on the 
The only specimen of this species I have seen 
was brought me by John W. Randall, M. D., of this 
city, who found it in a pond in Groton. This is 
quite a young specimen, being only an inch and a 
- half long, and having the branchiæ still attached ; 
and as its colors have somewhat changed in the 
alcohol, I extract Green’s description from the Jour- 
nal of the Philadelphia Academy. | * Length, four 
or five inches; tail about as long as the body, taper- 
ing, slightly compressed, and pointed ; snout round- 
ed; back whitish, sprinkled with irregular, reddish 
DLE spots; beneath white; anterior feet, four toed, 
posterior feet five toed. 
Norr. Individuals of this species vary much in 
size, and in the number of spots. I have one about 
three inches long, with the tail more compressed and 
obtuse, than the above." 
All the Salamanders here described, feed upon in- 
sects, which they devour in very large numbers, and 
hence their utility cannot be questioned. 
