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than about 35 mm.—6 mm. is the longest I have made a 
note of. 
The length to the anal eminence (cloaca) was not taken in 
every instance, but, as far as noted, the results were as 
follows :— 
MALES. FEMALES, 
EEE SSS SSS 
3 measured 38 mm. 1 measured 45 mm. 
3 » 37 sy 4 ” 42 ,, 
9 7) 36 3%? 2 bP) 41 be 
8 ” 35 33 8 2? 40 a9 
4 - 34 ,, 6 a5 39). 
4 5S ao: 8 Le 381%; 
1 3 3 Zim st 6 aA ShOss 
coe ” 36 ”? 
2 ” 35 ” 
Average, 35°3,, Average, 38°8,, 
In Mr Boulenger’s paper “On the Size of the British 
Newts” (Zoologist for 1894, p. 145), the largest dimensions 
given are— 
Male from Geneva, —total length 86 mm., to cloaca 37 mm, 
Female from Cornwall, __,, Sins. os 42 ,, 
My largest specimens are— 
Male from Longniddry,—total length 83 mm., to cloaca 38 mm. 
Female ” > 88 ” > 45 2? 
Mr Boulenger has seen this female, and confirmed my 
measurements. It is therefore the largest M/. palmata yet 
placed on record, and has been presented to the British 
Museum. 
The weight of the female just mentioned was 3:45 grammes. 
Other weights, most of which have been kindly supplied to 
me by Mr Eagle Clarke, are as follows :— 
Male, 2°15 grammes. Female, 2°39 grammes. 
” 2°00 ” %? 2°30 ” 
», 181 a9 ” 2°30 ” 
a “55 ” 7 2°18 a 
» 150 ;, pyr 2D. as 
1°48 re o> 2°05 * 
A female taken early in the season, before it had com- 
menced to spawn, contained 292 ripe ova; another contained 
437. 
