A New Variety of the Red-Spotted Triton. 



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material in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 

 University) of the common variety from various localities, 

 North and South, have been compared with the specimens 

 from Wilmington, and while a good deal of variation in the 

 size and number of the ocellate spots was noted, in none was 

 there a tendency to the formation of lines. The specimens 

 from Wilmington are, on the contrary, invariably lineate. 



An examination of several stomachs of individuals taken 

 July 28th showed them to be feeding on insects and crustace- 

 ans. Of insects a Corisa, larvae of Culex, Chironomus, of 

 ■Agrionina, and Libellulina were determined. With the ex- 

 ception of a small Cambarus, the crustaceans all belonged to 

 the groups Phyllopoda and Ostracoda. Desmid and fila- 

 mentous algae noted had probably been taken accidentally 

 with animal food. 



Explanation of Figures. 



A. D. viridescens, var. viridescens (aquatic form). 



B. D. viridescens, var. vittatus (aquatic form). 



C. D. viridescens, var. vittatus (terrestrial form). 



Natural size. The scattered black spots not represented. 



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