20 



SALAMANDRIDvE. 



6- ?. 



Total length 93 111 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 46 53 ,, 



Head 11 12 „ 



"Width of head 9§ 10£ „ 



Fore limb 18 19 



Hind limb 20 20 „ 



Tail 47 58 „ 



Japan, China. 



a-b. $ . Northern parts of Niphon. 



c-e. $ . Nagasaki. Prof. St. George Mi vart [ 



f-h.<$%. Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely [C.]. 



i-l. 6 $ • Japan. Leyden Museum. 



m. c?. Kiukiang Mountains, China. Mr. C. Maries [C.]. 



11. Molge sinensis. 



Cynops chinensis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 229, pi. 19. 1 



Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 439. 

 Triton chinensis, Strauch, Salam. p. 51. 



Closely allied to the preceding species ; differs in the follow 

 characters : — Head widening more gradually ; canthus rosti 

 strongly marked ; loreal region nearly vertical ; snout of male -\ 

 long. Sides of body with very prominent conical tubercles ; ps 

 toids very small ; gular fold very strong. Tail table-knife-shs 

 in both sexes. Upper parts uniform brown ; lower parts bli 

 black, with small irregular yellow (red ?) spots ; lower edge of 

 uniform yellow in the female, with yellow spots in the male ; la 

 with a broad bluish band along the posterior two thirds of the t 



Total length 131 142 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 60 66 „ 



Head 16 16 „ 



Width of head 13 15 „ 



Fore limb 23 22 „ 



Hind limb 22 24 „ 



Tail 71 76 „ 



China. 



a-b. 3 2 • N.E. coast of China, inland Mr. Fortune | 



of Ningpo. (Types.) 



12. Molge torosa. 



Taricha torosa, Gray, Cat. p. 25. 

 Triton torosus, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, p. 12, pi. 21. f. 15; Sire 



Salam. p. 50. 

 Salamandra beecheyi, Gray in Griff. A. K. i. p. 107, and . 



Beechey's Voy. pi. 31. f. 3. 



