152 Miscellaneous. 



])eing on the upper part of the swollen ovhs, and on a level with the 

 upper surface of the back. 



The Salamander or Newt was obtained from the same stream. It 

 is curious as being the first example of the family which has been 

 found in Continental Asia, though there are several species common 

 in Japan. 



It is nearly allied to, and appears to belong to the same genus as one 

 of the Japanese specimens ; but at the same time it is quite distinct, 

 as a species, from any yet received from that country. 



It may be indicated as — 



Cynops chinensis. 



Above uniform dark olive (in spirits) ; beneath bluish-black, with 

 small, unecpial, irregular, yellow spots on the chin, neck, belly, and 

 under side of the legs ; the spots on the belly are the largest ; the 

 under edge of the tail reddish-yellow ; skin acutely granular. 



Var. 1 . Tail pale grey, brown on each side, with a blackish mar- 

 ginal band above and below, and with a yellow inferior edge. 



Hab. River, N.E. Coast of China, inland from Ningpo. 



This species resembles in the form of the head, the parotid glands, 

 and in the granular state of the skin, Cynops pyrrhogaster of Japan ; 

 but it differs from it in its much larger size and in the style of its 

 colouring, especially on its under side. C. pyrrhogaster is dark red, 

 with large black blotches or spots ; while this is dark lead-coloured, 

 with small yellow spots. 



The Leech is one of the Land Leeches, with a lunate head, similar 

 to those received from Ceylon. 



The British Museum has also received, in a collection of reptiles 

 and fishes obtained in Siam by Mr. Mouhot, two specimens of a 

 species of Newt, which is so exceedingly like the Vlcthodon ghiti- 

 nosum of North America in external appearance, that is to say in 

 form, size, and colour, and also in the distribution of the palatine 

 teeth, that I was at first inclined to regard them as specimens of the 

 American animal which had been sent to Siam. But I cannot believe 

 this to be the case, as they were enclosed in a bottle containing several 

 kinds of rejitiles, which are evidently all natives of Siam. I may 

 observe that this is the first time that any species of Newt has been 

 received from Continental India. 



I proj)ose to designate the Siamese species 



Plethodon perstmile. 



Black, white-speckled, the specks closer and more abundant on 

 the sides ; the hind toes elongate, unetpial. Tail compressed. 



Hal). Siam. 



The only character that I can find between the two specimens re- 

 ceived from Siam, and some twenty or more of P. glntinosum from 

 different ])arts of the United States in the Museum collection, is that 

 the toes of the hind feet appeared rather longer, more slender, and 

 imequal in length, and the tail much more compressed. — Froc. Zool, 

 Soc. June 28, 18.09. 



