3. MOLGE. 25 



Euproctus rusconii, part., Bum. 8/ Bibr. p. 158. 



Calotriton punctulatus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 139. 



Triton platycephalus, part., Strauch, Salam. p. 50 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 



p. 54. 

 Euproctus pyrenseus, Lataste, Rev. Intern. Sc. ii. 1878, p. 495. 



Fronto-squamosal arch bony. Palatine teeth in two series in 

 contact anteriorly, diverging behind, thus forming a A-shaped figure ; 

 these series commencing on a line with the choanse. Tongue small, 

 elliptical, the sides slightly free. Head depressed, longer than broad, 

 its length contained thrice to thrice and a half in the length of the 

 body, the greatest width at posterior corners of eyes ; snout rounded 

 or truncate ; labial lobes well developed during the breeding-season. 

 Body rounded ; no crest. Limbs moderate ; fingers and toes de- 

 pressed, free ; sometimes the tips furnished with a black, corneous, 

 nail-like sheath ; no distinct carpal or tarsal tubercles. Tail as long- 

 as head and body in the female, shorter and thicker in the male ; 

 the tail keeled above, but destitute of regular crest, ending in an 

 obtuse point. Anal opening circular ; cloaca of male subglobular ; 

 of female much produced, conical, directed backwards. Skin more 

 or less strongly tuberculate above, smooth beneath ; a more or less 

 indistinct gular fold. Olive or blackish above, uniform or with 

 yellowish spots, which may be confluent into a broad vertebral line ; 

 lower surfaces and lower edge of tail orange, with blackish spots, 

 the median zone of the belly generally immaculate. 



17. Molge poireti. 



Triton poireti, Gray, Cat. p. 18 (not specimens*). 

 ? Triton palustris, Poiret, Voy. Barbar. i. p. 290. 

 Triton poireti, Gervais, Bull. Soc. Sc. Nat. 1835, p. 313, and Ann. Sc. 



Nat. vii. p. 312 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 51. 

 ? Euproctus rusconii, Guichenot, Expl. Sc. Aly., Bept. p. 29, pi. 4. f. 2. 

 Triton nebulosus, Guichen. I. c. p. 30, pi. 4. f . 1. 

 Glossoliga poireti, Gei'vais, Ann. Sc. Nat. (3) xx. p. 313, pi. xv. f. 9. 

 Euproctus poireti, Dum. Sc Bibr. p. 160, pi. 107. 



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

 curved scries, approximating in front, forming a fl. Tongue rather 

 large, subcircular, extensively free behind and on the sides. Head 



* a=M. waltlii; b = M. cristata. 



