16 



SALAMANDRIDiE. 



a, b. <J$. 



c,d-g,h-n. J, $,&yg- 



o. Several larvae. 



p-s, t-V. c? $ . 



tv-z. J. 



a-8. Yg. 



*, C-0. 6 & yg- 



t-K, X. Several spec, 6 $ ■ 



o. 6. 



it- a. Skeletons. 



Scotland. 



Near London. 



Cobham. 



Wandsworth. 



Bridgewater. 



Falmouth. 



Sweden. 



Hamburg. 

 Near Sarpsbourg. 

 Lombardy. 

 China. 



Dr. Johnson [P.]. 

 Dr. Leach [P.]. 



C. J. A. Thuden, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



— Lowndes, Esq. TP.]. 

 Milan Museum [E.]. 

 A. Adams, Esq. [C.J. 



Yak. meridionalis. 



Salamandra exigua, Rusconi, Amours des Salam. p. 28, pi. 1. 

 Triton palmatus, Bonap. Faun. Ital. 



lobatus, Bonap. I. c. 



punctatus, De Betta, Mem. 1st. Venet. xi. p. 546, pi. 25. 



tseniatus, De Betta, Faun. Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 89. 



tseniatus, var., Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 25. 



paradoxus (non Razoum.), Bedriaga, Bull. Mosc. 1881, p. 287. 



Smaller ; the body of the male subquadrangular ; dorsal crest 

 lower ; tail generally ending in a filament ; spots smaller. Its 

 physiognomy is similar to that of M. palmata. 



North Italy and neighbouring parts of Austria ; Greece. 



t-<£. 6 2 

 X~aa. 6 • 



Turin. 

 Gorz. 



Prof. Bonelli [P.]. 



G. A. Boulenger, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Molge palmata. 



Lophinus palmatus, Gray, Cat. p. 28. 

 Lacerta paradoxa seu helvetica, Razoum. Hist. Nat. Jorat. i. p. 3, 



pi. 2. f. 5. 

 Salamandra palmata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 72. 

 palmipes, Latr. Hist. Salam. p. 55, pi. 6. f. 7 ; Daud. Rept. viii. 



p. 253, pi. 98. f. 2. 

 Molge palmata, Merr. Tent. p. 186. 

 Triton palmatus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 95 ; Selys, Faun. Belg. p. 182, 



pi. 5. f. 1 ; Dugbs, Ann. Sc. Nat. (3) xvii. p. 270 ; Bum. § Bibr. 



p. 148 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 570, pi. 4 ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. 



p. 339. 

 Lissotriton palmipes, Bell, Brit. Rept. 2nd edit. p. 154. 

 Triton helveticus, Leydig, Arch. f. Naturg. 1868, p. 220; Strauch, 



Salam. p. 50; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 31 ; Briiggemann, Arch. f. 



Naturg. 1876, p. 19; Tourneville, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1879, 



p. 74. 



Fronto-squamosal arch bony. Vomerine teeth in two posteriorly 

 diverging series, forming a A- or A- shaped figure ; these series 

 commencing on a line with the choanse. Tongue as in M. vulgaris. 

 Head as in the latter species, but the snout broader ; length of head 

 contained about twice and two thirds in the male, thrice in the 



