340 Miscellaneous. 



B. The parts which constitute the cavuni inter- 

 nasale extend as far as the ethmoidal plate, 

 and represent a completely or almost com- 

 pletely osseous septum nasale. 



a. Quadrate directed backwards. Anterior 



process of the squamosal almost or pre- 

 cisely as long as the frontal process .... M. Rusconii, Gen^. 



b. Quadrate directed forwards or downwards. 



Anterior process of the squamosal shorter 

 than the frontal process. 



1. Pterygoid reaching the upper jaw 



("Oberkieferjochbogen ") ; internasal 

 space about as wide as the basal 

 breadth of the three longest toes .... M. Boscai, Lataste. 

 Internasal space considerably narrower 

 than the basal breadth of the three 

 longest toes M. Montandoni, Blgr. 



2. Pterygoid not reaching the upper jaw . . M. palmata, Schneid. 



II. The slightly developed or somewhat long 



frontal process is connected with the squa- 

 mosal or its anterior process by means of a 



ligament. 

 Gular fold wanting. Anterior region of the head 



much flattened. Internasal space as wide or 



somewhat wider than the interpalpebral space, 



equalling the distance from the eye to the 



nostril, and greater than the length of the 



second finger (measm-ed on the outside) .... 31. montmia, Savi. 

 Gular fold distinct. Anterior region of the head 



very convex. Internasal space narrower than 



the intei-palpebral space, less than the dis- 

 tance from the eye to the nostril, and shorter 



than the second finger (measured on the 



outside). 



Belly unspotted M. alpestris, Lam-. 



Belly spotted. 



a. The first finger reaches at the most to the 



anterior end of the first phalanx of the 



second M. vulgaris, L. 



b. The first finger extending beyond the ante- 



rior end of the first phalanx of the second. 

 Belly yellow or orange-yellow, with dark 



spots M. Blasiusi, de I'Isle. 



Belly brownish or grey-brown, with more 



or less distinct dark spots M. marmorata, Latr. 



III. No connexion between the scarcely indi- 

 cated process of the frontal and the squamosal. M. cristata, Laur. 



Nice, April 20, 1893. 



— Zoologischer Anzeiger, xvi. Jahrg., no. 421, June 12, 1893, 

 pp. 214-216. 



