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the inner nostrils. (Edipina unifoyniis, sp. n., ibid, and Wie^i, Arch. 18G8, 
p. 299, taf. 9. figs. 8, 9, from Costa Rica. — This name has priority over Ophio- 
hatrachus vermicidaris, g. and sp. n., Gray, Ann. &; Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, 
October, ii. p . 297, which is evidently the same animal. 
GEdipus salviniij sp. n., Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, ii. p. 297, from 
Guatemala. 
Siredon. Prof. O. C. Marsh has watched the metamorphosis of Siredon 
lichenoides (Baird) into Amhlystoma mavortium (Baird), and given an account 
of his observations in Silliman’s Journal, vol. xlvi. pp. 804-374. The Axolotls 
were obtained from a small lake with brackish water in the Rocky Mountains, 
near the Pacific Railroad, 7000 feet above the sea. Five out of seven speci- 
mens underwent the complete metamorpliosis, the successive phases being in 
no two individuals q[uite contemporaneous or identical. After its completion 
the individuals differed considerably in colours. The specimens are figured in 
the Siredon- and Amhlystoma-^iiidQ. 
Prof. Oornalia has brought some Axolotls from Paris to Milan. Rendic. 
Ist, Lomb, Sc. 0 Lett. 1868, p. 883. 
