294 Zoological Society : — 



a. Fronto-temporal arch C07nplete. Lateral lines of "pores distinct, 

 low down between the axilla and groin. 



1. Pleurodeles. 



Ribs exserted, forming a series of spines along the sides. Head 

 and skull depressed, broad. Paratoids distinct. 



1. P. Walti. 



Skull, Erp. Gen. t. 101. f. 2. 



" Bradyhates ventricosns, Tschudi, t. 2. f. 1, is perhaps the 

 young." — IJumeril. It only differs in the tail being short, perhaps 

 injured. 



2. Glossoliga. 



Ribs enclosed. Head and skull very depressed. " Fronto-tem- 

 poral arch with a separate central bone." — Gervuis. Paratoid none ; 

 lateral pores small, single, in a continuous line. 



1. Glossoliga Poireti. B.M. 



Erp. Gen.t. 107. f. 1. Skull, Gervais, Ann. Sei. Nat. 1853, xx. 

 t. 1.5. f. 9, & Erp. Gen. t. 102. f. 5, 6. 



Forehead flat, with small scattered brown-tipped tubercles. Eye- 

 lids distinct, valvular. 



N. Africa. 



3. NOTOPHTHALMA. 



Ribs enclosed. Head and skull rhombic. Forehead with two lon- 

 gitudinal ridges. Tongue oblong. Paratoids none. Cheek with 

 three pits. Hind feet flattened. Tail compressed, keeled, often 

 slightly finned above and below in breeding season. 



N. America. 



1. N. MINIATA. B.M. 



Skull, Erp. Gen. ix.t. 107. f. 2. 



2. N. vtridescens. B.M. 

 Vent in summer produced, truncated, with a rounded series of 



fringed filaments. 



4. Cynops. 



Tubercular. Head find skull very depressed, broad. Paratoid 

 large, com|)ressed ; pores of lateral line small, distant, more distinct 

 near the limbs. Fronto-ten)})oral arch Itroad, distinct. Ril)S 

 enclosed . 



1. C. pyrrhogaster. B.M. 



Skull, Tschudi, t. 2. f. 5, cop. Schlegel, Fauna Japon. t. 5. f. 7, 8 ; 

 (]at. Batrach. B.M.t. 3.f. 13. 



Japan. 



5. Taricha. 



Tubercular. Head and skull depressed, broad. Paratoid large. 



