Note. When young, the underpaid of the body ia of 

 a dark brown huC; at least this i^ the case iu my spe- 

 eimens. 



S. stdfiisca, Cauda hrevip corpora suhfusco nigm 

 maeulatPy svMus hiteolo, 



Olive-brown S. Length six inches; tail rather, 

 ghortei- thaa the body^ tapering^ slightly compressed, 

 and pointed; snout leather oval; back o( an oliye-brovvii 

 hue, marked with dark spots; ' beneath yellowish, an(| 

 isipotted; anterior /e^^ four- toed, posterior live-toed. 



Note. The colour of the above very much resembles 

 that of the common Water Newt of England. I have 

 t^vo varieties of the above; the spots on the back of one 

 g.re more dl^tiactly marked than on the other, and it 

 wants the spots beneath; this difference is, I think, 

 owing to age. In the other, which is evidently an ag'^cl 

 animal, the dii.dnguishing marks pretty nearly a2;re^ 

 wiiii the first, but the wnole is of a darker hue. I\ iljt« 

 habits shallow waters. 



S. loiigicawda, Cauda longas corpore suj^r^q nlgvf 

 fnaculatOy subtus albido. 



Long-tailed S. Length between live and six inche^ 

 tail almost twice as long as the body, tapering, comp-^ 

 Tessed, and pointed^ upper side of the limbs, tail^ ant| 

 l}ack, spotted; beneath AVilitish; anterior feet four-toed; 

 po:^lerior five^toed ; snout rounded; eyes protuberantj 

 ^liole animal slender. 



Note. Tiiken ia n^arshy ^laccs; in the state of NeWr 



