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line separates the color of the back and sides from the venter which 
is pale yellow, colored by the yoke. The legs are pale and in life 
translucent as they are in the more northern relative Gyrino- 
philus porphyriticus. The color of the back and sides of 
both the larvae and adultsof G. danielsi differs from G. por- 
phyriticus in being speckled or spotted rather than faintly 
reticulated. The average length of nine larvae is 25.8 mm. 
In view of the fact that the larvae were found hatching in late 
October, it might be supposed the normal egg-laying period of the 
species is in September. I am not at all convinced that this is the 
case. The waters of Steprock creek, particularly near the source 
of the stream above 6000 feet, are not subject to extreme changes 
in temperature during the different seasons of the year and it is 
more than probable that the breeding season extends over a period 
of several months. At lower altitudes the conditions are different 
and the breeding period may well be restricted. 
Pseudotriton montanus (Baird) 
Walnut creek bottoms near Raleigh, October 26th. Eight 
specimens. 
Pseudotriton ruber ruber (Sonnini) 
Bridgewater, October 14th, one adult; October 23d, three larvae. 
Eurycea bislineata (Green) 
Bridgewater, October 23d, a single larvae 39 mm long. 
Eurycea bislineata wilderae Dunn. 
Montreat, October 16th, one; Mount Mitchell, October 21st (6000 
feet) seventeen; Mount Mitchell, October 21st, (4500 feet) five; 
Grandfather mountain, October 12th (4500 feet) three; Stoney 
mountain, October 18th, one. 
Extremely abundant in Steprock creek but agile and difficult to 
capture. Sometimes as many as a dozen individuals beneath a single 
small stone at the edge of the stream. 
Eurycea gutto-lineata (Holbrook) 
Bridgewater, October 14th, four, October 23d, one female; Mine- 
hole Gap, Buncombe county, October 17th, one seen; Walnut creek, 
Raleigh, October 26th, one. 
All the specimens captured were adult and a rather large female 
had well-developed eggs in the ovaries. With two exceptions the 
specimens were found under boards by the side of a small spring 
run in company with Desmognathus fuscus auricu- 
latus. 
