Dr. J. E. Gray on the Salamanders. 295 



compressed. Pores of the lateral line small, indistinct, far apart. 

 Vent small. Fronto-temporal arch broad. Skin with conical tu- 

 bercles. Ribs enclosed. 



1. Taricha to rosa. B.M. 



Skull, Esch. Zool. Atlas, t. 21. f. 15. 



California. 



b. Fronto-temporal arch complete. Lateral line indistinct, 

 marked with a vessel ; ribs enclosed. 



6. Calotriton. 



Hemitriton, part., A. Duges. 



Head and skull rhombic. Eyelids distinct. Skin smooth, with 

 small black-topped conical warts. Tongue oblong. Paratoids none. 

 Toes free ; tips black, rather claw-like. Vent conical. 



1. Calotriton punctulatus (skull, fig. 2). B.M. 



Hemitriton punctulatus , A. Duges, Ann. Sci. Nat. xvii. 265. t.l 13. 

 f. 1, 2 ; skull, Duges, I. c. f. 3 & 18. 



Triton puncticulatus, Erp. Gen. ix. 152. t. 106. f. 3 ; skull, t. 102. 

 f.4. 



7. Euproctus. 



Hemitriton, part., A. Duges. 



Head and skull rhombic, depressed. Tongue oblong. Paratoids 

 none. Skin smooth, with scattered small rounded black conical warts. 

 Cloaca produced, conic. Lateral lines of pores none. 



1. Euproctus Rusconii. B.M. 



Hemitriton asper, skull, A. Duges, Ann. Sci. Nat. xvii. t. 113. 

 f. 21, 22. 



H. cinereus, skull, Duges, I. c. f. 14, 15 ; H. rugosus, skull, /. c. 

 t. 1. f. 16, 17, and H. Bibronii, skull, t. 1. f. 19, 20, are evidently 

 very nearly allied, if not all the same species. 



8. Lophinus. 



Body smooth. Palatine teeth in two separate series. Orbit in 

 palate "small. Fore toes slender, very unequal ; the hind toes broad, 

 webbed on each side, the two inner conic. Back three-ridged. 

 Crest of male continued. Lateral lines with distant single pores. 

 Tail of male suddenly truncated before the apex, ending in a fila- 

 ment. 



1. Lophinus palmatus. B.M. 



Selys-Longch. Faun. Belg. t. 5. f. 1, 2, good ; skull, Duges, I. c, 

 t. l.f.27, 28. 



Triton, Wooley ; Baker & Deby, Zoologist, 1848, 2149, &c. 



Triton minor, Higginbottom, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1853, xii. 382. 

 t. 16. f. 8, 9. 



Lissotriton palmatus, Bell, British Reptiles, second edit. 1849, 

 p. 154 (not of first edition). 



