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land. I have found larvae as late as June 4, quite fully de- 

 veloped. The young are thickly spotted with white, and 

 the bands do not show as characteristic markings before the 

 animal has reached about two inches in length. 



The adults seem to favor quite dry situations, as I have 

 taken them from under stones lying in a sandy and grav- 

 elly path upon the top of a hill. They frequently burrow 

 under stones which enter deeply into soil. I have cap- 

 tured them as late as October 25, and think that they 

 hibernate very late in the fall. 



Ambly stoma tigrinum Green. 

 Tiger Triton. 



Triton tigrinus Holbrook ; De Kay. 

 A mbly stoma mavortiiim . 

 Larval form : Siredon lichenoides. 

 Sired on gracilis. 



This is the largest eastern Salamander, a specimen 

 eleven inches in length being described by De Kay. It 

 should occur at Fort Lee, and Col. Nicolas Pike tells me 

 that he once captured one there. All specimens received 

 by me were from a pond near Rancocas, L. I 



Body large and thick. Head more narrow, swollen on 

 sides. Gular fold overlapping. Tail flatly compressed 

 towards tip and as long as head and body. Legs short 

 and very stout, with short triangular digits in aquatic 

 specimens. Body black or brown, with oblong and quad- 

 rate blotches on the back and parallel quadrate blotches 

 along the costal grooves, some extending across the ven- 

 tral surface, covering the ground color. In the specimen 

 described (length, nine inches) the entire under surface of 

 the head is yellow, and only one longitudinal blotch 

 appears before reaching the third costal groove. Tail 

 lighter brown, with few black blotches. Under surface 

 with a central line of black more or less interrupted by 

 alternate or opposite ends of yellow costal bands ; the 



