68 salamaxdhid-s:. 



parasphenoid patches ; latter distinct from each other. Snout rounded, 

 truncate. Posterior limb stout ; ringers and toes flat, depressed, 

 margined, inner very rudimental. Tail a little shorter than head 

 and body, swollen, little compressed, constricted at base. Skin 

 everywhere finely wrinkled ; a gular fold ; eleven costal grooves. 

 Colour dull black, paler on the sides ; lips and gular region minutely 

 marbled with ashen. Total length 65 millim. 

 Mexico. 



10. Spelerpes leprosus. 

 Spelerpes leprosus, Cope, Troc. Ac. Thilad. 1869, p. 105. 



Palatine teeth in two slightly arched series, extending externally 

 beyond choanae, separated from parasphenoid patches by a slight 

 interspace ; parasphenoid patches narrow, well separated, diverging 

 posteriorly. Head moderate, depressed, longer than broad ; greatest 

 width at angles of jaws ; mouth rounded, without canthus rostralis ; 

 eyes moderately large. Body cylindrical, measuring three to three 

 and a half times the distance from tip of snout to gular fold. Limbs 

 rather weak ; fingers and toes short, depressed, webbed at the base, 

 inner very short. Tail cylindrical, about the length of head and 

 body. Skin smooth, closely pitted ; no parotoids ; gular fold dis- 

 tinct ; twelve costal grooves. Black ; sides of body and tail, and 

 sometimes back, splotched lichen-like with grey. 



6. $. 



Total length 91 105 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 46 53 „ 



Head 9$ 11 „ 



Width of head 8 9 „ 



Fore limb 12 14 „ 



Hind limb 15 17 „ 



Tail 45 52 „ 



Mexico. 



a-d. <S 2 • Mexico. M. Salle [0.1 



e-g. S & yg- Jalapa. Mr. Hoege [C.]. 



11. Spelerpes bellii. 



Spelerpes bellii, Gray, Cat. p. 46. 

 Bolitoglossa mexicana, Dum. 8r Bibr. p. 93, pi. 104. f. 2. 

 Spelerpes bellii, Cope, Troc. Ac. Thilad. 1860, p. 372, and 1869, 

 p. 105 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 84. 



Palatine teeth in two slightly arched series, extending externally 

 beyond choanae, separated from parasphenoid patches by a small 

 interspace ; parasphenoid patches well separated, diverging pos- 

 teriorly. Head moderate, depressed, slightly longer than broad, 

 greatest width at angles of jaws ; snout short, rounded, without 

 canthus rostralis ; eyes large. Body slightly depressed, measuring 



