PROTEIDE, NECTURUS ; SIRENIDZ. 67 
Necturus maculatus Rafin.; Blainv. Jour. Phys. Ixxxviii. 417. 1819 ; 
Baird, 1. c. 1849, 291. 
Necturus maculosus Rafin. Annals of Nat. 1820. 
N. luteus Rafin. Annals of Nat. 1820. 
N. phosphoreus Rajin. Annals of Nat. 1820. 
N. lateralis Wagler, Syst. 210.; Fitz. S. R. 35. 
Menobranchus Sayil Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, 216. 
Proteus of the Lakes Mitchell, Amer. Jour. Arts and Sciences, iv. 
181. vi. 63. 
Menobranchus maculatus Holbrook, N. Amer. Herp. viii. t. 29. 
1842. 
Proteus maculatus Barnes, Amer. Jour. Arts and Sct. xi. 268. 1827, 
xill. 68. 
- Men. lateralis Harlan, Ann. N. Y. Lyc. i. 221. 1825, Med. and 
Phys. Res. 89.; Neuwied, Trav. N. Amer. ui. 245. 
Salamandra alleghaniensis jun. Daud. Rept. viii. 231.; Say, Jour. 
Acad. N. S. Phil. iv. t. 21. 
Protonopsis horrida (part.) Barton on Siren. 
Triton lateralis Say, James's Exped. Rocky Mountains, 1. 5. 302. 
1823. 
a. In spirits. Half-grown. N. America, Ohio. From the 
— Leyden Museum. 
6. In spirits. Not good state. N. America. 
c. In spirits. Adult. N.America. Presented by John Edw. 
Gray, Esq. 
2. NECTURUS LATERALIS. 
Head large, flattened above. Muzzle truncated. Body elongate, 
dusky brown, with a dark streak from nostril through the eye, 
and along each side to the tail. 
Triton lateralis Say, Long’s Exped. Rocky Mount. i. 300., 5. 108. 
Menobranchus lateralis Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res. 89. ; Hol- 
brook, N. A. Herp. v. 115. t. 28. 
Hab. Mississippi. 
3. Necturus n. s. Gibbes, fide Baird, J. A. N. Phil. 1849, not 
described. 
Hab. Santee River, 8. Carolina. 
Fam. Il. SIRENID/. 
Limbs two, anterior, small. 
Body sabcylindrical, rather compressed behind. 
