17. SPBIEEPBS. 65 



Spelerpes lacifuga, Rajm. Atlant. Journ. i. 1832, p. 22 {fide Baird). 



Oylindrosoma longicauda, Tsohudi,^ Batr. p. 93. 



Spelerpes lono;icauda, Baird, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) i. p. 287 ; Cope, 



Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 107 ; Strauch, Sdlam. p. 82.. 

 Cylindrosoma longicaudatum, Dam. Sr Bihr. p. 78. 



Palatine teeth forming a short chevron, not extending externally 

 beyond choanse, separated from parasphenoid patches by a large 

 interspace ; parasphenoid patches separated, scarcely diverging pos- 

 teriorly. Head small, longer than broad, greatest width at angles 

 of jaws ; snout rounded, without canthus rostralis ; eyes rather 

 large. Body cylindrical, elongate, measuring from thrice to thrice 

 and a half the distance from tip of snout to gular fold. Limbs short ; 

 fingers and toes rather slender, free ; no carpal or tarsal tubercles. 

 Tail much longer than head and body, slightly compressed, keeled 

 above, becoming very thin towards the end. Skin smooth, shining ; 

 no parotoids ; gular fold distinct, arched, with the convexity for- 

 wards ; thirteen costal grooves. Yellow ; upper surfaces with small 

 black spots, which may be confluent in narrow cross bands on the 

 tail ; belly immaculate. 



S. ?. 



Total length 133 144 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 49 50 „ 



Head 9^ 9^ „ 



Width of head 7 7 „ 



Fore limb 14 15 „ 



Hind Umb 16 16 „ 



Tail 84 94 „ 



United States — ^Eastern and Austro-riparian districts,, except Texas. 



a,h. c? & hgr. Ohio. 



c. Hgr. N, America. Dr. J. Green [P.]. 



d-e. cJ 5 . N. America. Edw. Doubleday, Esq. [P.]. 



/. cJ. N. America. Lord Ainpthill [P.]. 



^. $ . N . America. Prof. St. George Mivart [P.]. 



h. Hgi-. Mexico (?). 



5. Spelerpes guttolineatus. 



Spelerpes guttolineata, Ch-ay, Cat. p. 45. 

 Salamandra guttolineata, Holhr. N. Amei: Herp. v. p. 29, pi. 7. 

 Spelerpes guttolineatus, Baird, Journ. Ac. Philad (2) i. p. 287 ; Cope, 



Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 107 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 82. 

 Cylindrosoma guttolineatum, Dum. ^ Bihr. p. 79. 



Very closely allied to the preceding, differing only in the shorter 

 fingers and toes and coloration. Yellowish above ; back with 

 three black longitudinal bands, as wide as the interspaces between 

 them; the two outer bands commence from the eye and extend 

 along the side of the tail ; a few light dots on these bands, one be- 

 tween each two costal grooves ; greyish beneath, clouded with 

 darker. 



