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the nostrils, and a little greater than the width of the 

 mouth. Spiraculum directed backwards and slightly 

 upwards, nearly equally distant from the end of the 

 snout and from the anus, visible from above and from 

 below. Anus opening on the right side, close to the 

 lower edg-e of the subcaudal crest. Tail three to four 

 times as long as deep, ending in an obtuse point ; 

 upper crest convex, not or but slightly deeper than 

 the lower, not extending far upon the back ; the depth 

 of the muscular part, at its base, about one-third the 

 greatest total depth. 



Beak broadly edged with black. Sides and lower 

 edge of the lip bordered with papilla? ; upper lip with 

 a long series of teeth, followed on each side by two 

 or three series which are widely separated from their 

 fellows on the other side, and gradually decrease in 

 length; four series of teeth in the lower lip, the fourth 

 or inner widely interrupted in the middle, the first or 

 outer at least two-thirds the length of the second. 



Muciferous crypts very indistinct. 



Brown to blackish above, with metallic dots ; caudal 

 crests greyish, uniform or dotted or powdered with 

 brown, with or without small golden spots; belly 

 grey or blackish, with metallic dots or spots. 



Total length, 45 mm.; body, 15; width of body, 

 10 ; tail, 30 ; depth of tail, 9. These dimensions are 

 taken from one of many large specimens obtained at 

 Anseremme, Belgium, at the end of April, 1894. 



Habitat. — Bana temporaria is a Northern species, 

 reaching the extreme north of Scandinavia and 

 Lapland. In Northern and Central Europe it is 

 equally common in the plain and in the mountains, up 

 to the limit of perpetual snow; whilst in the south it 

 is confined to the mountains, reaching an altitude of 

 7200 feet in the Pyrenees and 10,000 feet in the 

 Italian Alps. It is absent from the plain of France 

 south of 46°, but reappears on the Pyrenees and in 

 North-western Spain, where it is found both at sea 

 level and in the mountains. It appears to be absent 



