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that of the darter and other small fish which forage over gravelly 
bottoms. When exposed by the turning of a stone, scarcely an at- 
tempt was made to escape and all specimens found were simply 
picked up by hand and transferred to the collecting bag. They could 
be induced to swim, but the process was a leisurely one and lacked 
entirely the vigor shown by D. quadra-maculatus or D. 
phoca. 
The first three specimens taken were found in the pool which, I 
believe, is the one that furnished Dr J. Percy Moore with the speci- 
mens upon which he based the genus. Two other specimens were 
taken in a small stream on the southwestern side of Grandfather 
mountain. Here they were hiding under stones with D. quadra- 
maculatus but not in pools, probably because the protracted 
drouth had reduced their living quarters. Following the suggestion 
of Dr E. R. Dunn, that the species is an inhabitant of large streams, 
I spent considerable time turning stones and examining possible 
hiding places, but without results. From my experience with 
Leurognathus, I am inclined to believe that it will be found 
in numbers in the streams of Grandfather mountain if the collector 
who seeks it will devote his time to the pools and not give too much 
attention to the capture of the ever present and exceedingly active 
Desmognathus quadra-maculatus. 
Specimens are so rare in collections that it seems worth while to 
add some measurements and notes on variations in color patterns. 
A female 103 mm long has a tail length of 40 mm when measured 
from the posterior end of the vent. The venter is uniformly and 
lightly pigmented except for a narrow area on each side of the im- 
pressed midventral line of the belly, and a spot on the throat. The 
soles of the feet are considerably darker than the rest of the legs 
with the tips of the toes black. The sides of the body and tail are 
brown with light areas in evidence only on the upper part. The light 
buff areas on the back are mostly confined to the trunk and the base 
of the tail which leaves the distal half of the tail and head much 
darker. There are thirteen costal furrows. This female had 
twenty eggs in the right ovary and fourteen in the left. Their small 
size (1.6 mm in diameter) indicates that they have not reached full 
development. The eggs are unpigmented and yellowish white. 
A larger female, 116 mm long, has the same general color pattern 
but the venter is more uniformly pigmented and the dorsal light 
areas extend on the head. This specimen had fourteen eggs in the 
right ovary and twelve in the left. 
- Pree, Us So Nai Mie, imOmy, Besta, 
