20-k PELOBATID^l. 



to the Jura, westwards to Paris, the Dep. Sarthe, and 

 along the Loire; Belgium (Prov. Limburg, Antwerp, 

 and East Flanders), South Holland, Luxemburg, Swit- 

 zerland near Basle, Germany (except Wiirtemberg), 

 Austria-Hungary, Carniola, North Italy (Piedmont, 

 Lombardy, Venetia, Emilia), Denmark, Southern 

 Sweden and Gotland, and Russia, northwards to the 

 Gulf of Riga and eastwards to the Ural River and 

 the Kirghiz Steppes, the Emba River being its eastern- 

 most limit. 



The species has quite recently been recorded from 

 Lenkoran, south-west coast of the Caspian Sea, by 

 Zander.* 



The reported occurrence of Pelobates fuscus in the 

 Cyclades is probably to be ascribed to a confusion 

 with Bufo viridis, some specimens of which closely 

 resemble this species in their markings. 



The specimens represented on PI. IX are from the 

 environs of Turin, presented by my friend Count 

 Peracca, to whom I am indebted for so much material 

 utilised in the preparation of this work. The left- 

 hand figure is that of a female; the others represent 

 males, one in the act of disappearing under the sand, 

 another in the irritated attitude described above. 



* Dr. Zander kindly informs me that the specimens Lave been pre- 

 sented by him to the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort (M.), and that 

 bis determination bas been confirmed by Prof. Boettger. 



