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tween the two egg envelops. The parasites were a little over a 
quarter of an inch long, colorless and quite active. They seemed to 
have no effect on the larvae that hatched, but may have occasioned 
the death of many individuals that failed to develop. 
Plethodon cinereus (Green) 
Grandfather mountain, October 11th-12th, at about 4000 feet. 
Twenty-two specimens, representing both color phases. 
Plethodon glutinosus (Green) 
Grandfather mountain, October 12th, (4500 feet) two specimens; 
Mount Pisgah, October 19th, (3000 feet) five specimens; Oteen, 
October 16th, one specimen ; Minehole Gap, October 17th, two speci- 
mens; Stoney mountain, October 18th, three specimens; Walnut 
creek bottoms, Raleigh, October 26th, one specimen. 
Gyrinophilus danielsi (Blatchley) 
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Steprock creek, Mount Mitchell, October 21st-22d (6000 feet and 
above). Seventeen adults, four large larvae, thirteen smaller larvae 
of which twelve were hatching when found; Mount Mitchell, 4500 
feet, one adult; Grandfather mountain, October 12th, (4000 feet) 
one adult; Stoney mountain, October 18th, (2500 feet) three large 
larvae. 
This species has been regarded as one of the rarer salamanders 
of the southeastern states. Most of the specimens mentioned in 
literature and referred to this form have been collected below 
3500 feet and are comparatively small and slender. Seventeen adults 
from Mount Mitchell taken at an elevation of 6000 feet or higher 
vary in length from 120-204 mm and average 155.5 mm. Eleven 
of the seventeen specimens (those 150 mm and over) average 
168.6 mm. 
C. S. Brimley has supplied me with a specimen and with the 
measurements of other individuals taken at altitudes much lower 
than that given above. I have also a single adult, 143 mm long, 
from Mount Mitchell taken at about 4000-4500 feet and one 122 mm 
long from Grandfather mountain at 4000 feet. Mr Brimley’s speci- 
mens came from Sunburst, Cane river and Cowee mountain, N. C. 
and measure respectively 125, 127 and 107 mm in length. 
The specimens from the summit of Mount Mitchell agree with 
Blatchley’s description, particularly in size and in the mottling of 
