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the following extract of a note which I have received from 
him on this subject :-— 
“ My Salamandra vittata, which has been figured by 
Guerin, who has adopted my name, belongs to the same 
group as the former [ 7riton cristatus|. It agrees with it 
in having the crest interrupted over the loins, and chiefly 
differs from it in having smaller tubercles, and in colour, 
It is easily known both from S. palustris [ Tr. cristatus |, 
and from Triton punctatus, by the wide black-edged white 
streak along the lower part of each side of the body, &e. 
The head is much larger and more depressed than that of 
any of the varieties of Tr. punctatus.” 
I have only to add that I differ entirely from these opi- 
nions of Mr. Gray, and that the last-named character was 
only found in one specimen of those of the British Museum, 
the others having the head of the same proportional size 
as in Lissotriton punctatus. The exception was probably 
accidental. 
