Dr. J. E, Gray on two new Species 0/ Salamandra. 297 



a larger tooth, though , owing to the youth of the animal, it is 

 not yet in the same position as the one shown in the skull of 

 T. cynocephalus. 



The existence of a second Thylacine has been known to old 

 residents in Tasmania for years past, as they were in the habit 

 of distinguishing the two kinds by the names of Greyhound- 

 and Bulldog-Tiger. Mr. George Masters, Assistant Curator 

 of the Australian Museum, has spent some nine months on 

 the island ; and being anxious to clear this matter up, he col- 

 lected about twenty-six skulls, two of which belong to the 

 Thylacine for which I now propose the name of hreviceps. 



1 shall, on a future occasion, give you a fuller account of 

 the excellent collection made by Mr. Masters. 



Sydney, May 2, 1868. 



XXXVI. — Notice of two new Species of Salamandra from 

 Central America. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. 



Mr. Osbert Salvin has lately sent to the British Museum a 

 collection of animals in spirits, collected at Guatemala and 

 Costa Bica. It contains two species of Salamandra^ which 

 appear not to have been previously entered in the catalogues. 



(Edipus Salvinii. 



Black ; chin, throat, and underside of body and tail and limbs 

 pale brown ; back and upper surface of the tail for about 

 two-thirds of its length opaque white, with irregular-shaped 

 black spots, and connected in front with a streak on each 

 side of the back and head, continued to the eyebrows. 

 The black spots have a very narrow white margin. The 

 head very short; nose blunt, short, rounded; nostrils 

 lateral, below the most prominent part of the nose, with 

 an indistinct pale spot under them to the edge of the upper 

 lip. The toes very short, webbed to the tip. Tail cylin- 

 drical, tapering, almost as long as the body and head. 



Hah, Guatemala (Osbert Salvin, Esq.). B.M. 



Ophiobatrachus. 



Body long, cylindrical ; tail very long, cylindrical, rounded at 

 the end. Head very small ; mouth large ; eyes rather large, 

 lateral ; nose blunt, ovate ; tongue circular, peltate. Legs 

 far apart, elongate, slender, weak; toes very short, sub- 

 equal, 4/5, free. Skin smooth, closely and minutely 

 black-dotted. Vent linear. Teeth minute in both jaws ; 

 palatine teeth in an arched line on each side of the internal 

 nostrils. 



