No. 463.] NORTH AMERICAN INVERTEBRATES. 433 
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ish tinge; with transverse lemon yellow rings at intervals along whole 
length of body and with 7 to 15 very inconspicuous, fine, hair-like 
diamond-shaped enlargements of the transverse rings; tip of snout 
white, usually with 2 orange colored spots Z. pictifrons Coe, S, E. 
Slender ; deep brown, chocolate, or drab, paler beneath, with series of 
very narrow and inconspicuous white rings; tip of snout and borders 
of cephalic furrows white  . : : 5 L. wilsoni Coe, C, S. 
MICRURA. 
With conspicuous transverse rings of white ; , ; ; 2. 
Without conspicuous transverse rings oru 3. 
Deep purple or reddish brown above, ns a series af narrow transverse 
rings throughout length of body; pure white beneath and on lateral 
margins of body; tip of snout Er orange or vermilion ; caudal cirrus 
white, conspicuous M. verrilli Coe, A, P, C. 
Dusky gray above, with narrow tabem. transverse bands; head flesh- 
colored i nr Doe Coe, B. 
Dorsal surface with conspicuous a ind blotches . 
Without distinct spots, except on tip of snout . 
Pale yellow, thickly covered on dorsal surface only with black or a 
brown spots and dots, often somewhat elongated and arranged in 
irregular longitudinal lines; a single row of 10 to 18 ocelli on each 
side of head ; nephridia limited to middle third of nepem region ; 
body rather stout, much flattened W. pardalis Coe, C. 
Grayish after preservation (color in life RN thickly mottled on 
oth dorsal and ventral surfaces with coarse confluent brownish 
blotches, which often fuse together posteriorly to form a continuous 
brownish color; nephridia extend forward to mouth region 
M. nebulosa Coe, A’, 483. 
Rosy, flesh-color, or red ; ocelli wanting 6 
Olive, ochre, or buff ; ocelli present. 
Pale olive brown, grayish ochre, or buff ; deeper brown in intestinal region, 
and with a paler median dorsal stripe in esophageal region; 6 to 12 or 
more small black ocelli in an irregular row or elongated cluster on 
each side of head ‘ M. olivaris Coe, S, C', 
Deep red ; tip of snout ws black spot surrounded by narrow ring of 
white. 
Sometimes purplish in esophageal region and brighter red anteriorly ; head 
bright red with a narrow, but very sharp and conspicuous, transverse 
band of white just behind tip of snout, which is red with a small, dark 
brown or black spot on the exact tip M. nigrirostris Coe, S. 
