3. M0LGE. 21 



Triton ermani, Wiegm. in Erman's Seise um die Erde, p. 24. 

 Salamandra (Triton) granulosa, Skilton, Amer. Journ. (2) vii. p. 202. 

 Notopthalmus torosus, Baird, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) i. p. 284. 

 Tariclia hevis, Baird 8f Qir. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 302. 



torosa, Girard, U.S. Expl. Exped., Herp. p. 5, pi. 1. f. 1-8- 



Triton lsevis, Strauch, I. c. 



Diemyctylus torosus, Cope, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 28. 



Fronto-squamosal arch bony, thick. Palatine teeth in two poste- 

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

 commencing on a line with the choanse. Tongue moderate, sub- 

 oval, the sides free. Head depressed, about as long as broad, its 

 length contained about thrice in the length of the body ; the greatest 

 width at angles of jaws ; snout rounded ; labial lobes well developed 

 during the breeding-season. Body rounded, crestless. Limbs mode- 

 rate in the female, very strong in the male ; fingers and toes short, 

 much depressed, free ; carpal and tarsal tubercles indistinct. Tail 

 strongly compressed, with very low upper and lower crest, its end 

 obtusely pointed, considerably longer than head and body. Cloaca 

 as in M. vulgaris. Skin generally granular above and beneath, 

 sometimes smooth (spec. Ji) ; head with series of pores ; parotoids 

 more or less distinct ; a strong gular fold. Uniform brown above ; 

 beneath and lower edge of tail uniform yellow. 



<J. $• 



Total length 156 159 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 67 69 „ 



Head 16 17 „ 



Width of head 15 16 „ 



Fore limb 30 24 „ 



Hind limb 30 25 „ 



Tail 89 90 „ 



Western North America. 



a-b. S . California. 



c, d. <$ & skeleton. Nassa valley. Mr. Gruber [C.]. 



e. Hgr. Chilukiveyuk River. N. A. Boundary Commission. 



H- 6 $ • Fraser's River. H.M.S. ' Plumper ' [C.]. 



h. $ . "Vancouver Island. Lieut.-Col. Hawkins [0.1. 



i, k. c? $ . ? Prof. St. George Mivart [P.]. 



I. Hgr. ? 



13. Molge viridescens. 



Notophthalmus miniatus, Gray, Cat. p. 22. 

 Notophtlialmus viridescens, Gray, I. c. p. 23. 

 Triturus (Diemyctylus) viridescens, Bafin. Annals of Nature, 1820, 

 no. 22 [not seen by the writer] 



(Notophthalmus) miniatus, Bajin. I. c. no. 24. 



Salamandra stellio, Say, Amer. Joarn. i. p. 264. 



dorsalis, Harlan, Journ. Ac. Philad. v. p. 101 ; Wied, Nova Acta 



Leop.- Carol, xxxii. p. 131. 

 symmetrica, Harlan, I. c, p. 157 ; Hollr. N. Amer. Herp. v. 



