^^liti Theo. Carreras. 



THE PROTEUS, OR OLM. 



This queer inhabitant of subterrai. ean waters was firat discovered in the Adelsberg Cave, near Trieste. It is a blind 

 salamander, about ten inches in length, of a transparent fleshy-whiteness with coral-red gills. These gills can be snipped off 

 without injury to the creature, while exposure to the light will darken the skin. 



