^02 niTLLETIX :M, TTNITKU STATKS national MUSKUJi. 



IJoio, Japan, Cliiiia; P. sinensis Gray, Cliiiiii , !>. lorosus Escli., Cali- 

 Ibriiia, Orej,'oii ; />. riridcsccns Hal", Nortli Ainciica, oastcni and aus- 

 trofipariau rt'-iitns ; />. r«.sxY>«// (l(''ii(', Saidiiiia ; />. asper Dngvs, I'.vr- 

 oiiee:-*, Spain ; PIrnrotlclcs irallli Miclia'.i., Spain and Portugal, Tan- 

 {"•iers; aioss()lc!/(t itnircli V,i^vvii\>i, Al.-^icis; GJidf/cnmnellcri hutiista, Al- 



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ors; W. .'YVTHtusvr Anderson, Eastern Himalayas, Yunuan. 



DIKMVCTVLUS Kaf. 



Annals of Xiit lire, Marcli, l-'-JO, X... '22, p. ">: jrallowcll Jonrn. A-\ Pliiln. 

 (\. s.).iM,|>. :!i'>;i: ('|>1H>, rroiM'cd. Ac. IMiila., Irt.V.t, p. V>il 



Xoloplillmhinis ]:ni\\\r:<iint\ I. (;.[>.:>: M.iinl, Jonrn. Ai'. I'liila., (.v. .s.) i.p.'iHI. 

 .V»/.v<; Mcin:::,Tcntaincn, Syst. Ain|iliiliiarnni, l-^Jit. p. K> ; Honlcnjii-r, Cat.Malr. 



(iiad. lirit. Mns., ii, C, H-i-J, jciik. 

 /•;»;)w/H.v (MMi<^,.^.vn. l{.'plil..SMnIinia, p.'-'S: Itonap., I'anna Ilalit-M ; Ciipf. /. c, 



).. 1','7. 

 ('liuojix 'I'sclindi, I'.afr., |s:!>, p. '.H. 

 Tiiyirlid (li;iy, Cat. li.itr. (irad. IJrit. Mns,, ISJ,",, p. ',>,"), 



The liyoid api>aratns in this fjenns is inn(^li as in thi- IMcthoilontidai 

 and tii(! Salaniandrida'. Tiiere is a small liypoliyal, which does not 

 aiticnlate with the ceratoliyal. In Dil'itii/riiilHs forosiis there is a .second 

 lirocess on earh side posterior to tiie hyoohyal,* which nniy he honinln 

 jions with tlie sinular second lateral cartilajje in Jjin(iii(il(ii>siis ttniiii 

 hitns, or even with the oto^^lossal cartdajic. The ceratoliyal is divided. 

 lliei)roximal half o.ssoons. Tlie first ceratol)rancliial ami epibianehi.il 

 are osseons. The second ceratobranchiais ori<"inatc from a hi{j;li nic 

 median longitn<linal crest of the hasibranchial. The free extremity o! 

 the ceratoliyal i.s elongate, and in 7>. vitiiU'scciis it extends all the way 

 to tlie inferior .snrfaee of the exterior jmocc^s of tin; oxocciptal l»one.+ 

 with which it is in close contact. In the />. toyoNns it <loe,s not extend 

 so far. In both species the extremity carries with it the hyosnspeiisorial 

 ligament which (ionnects it with the (piadrate bone, which thus becomes 

 much longer than in other genera. (Plate 4(!, figs. .'5, I.) 



What name should be applied to this genus is nnceitain, and may 

 jterhaps ever remain so. The circumstances are a.s follows: In 1SI!>, in 

 the Journal de Pliysi(pu', | Lxxxvill, p. IIS, KafiiM'scpu' proposed to 

 rei>lace the name Triton of Lanrenti by his own name, Triturns. In 

 18.-0, in the Annals of Xatiire^ for March, p. i, he says: "My genus 

 Triturns is the same as the Triton of Dumeril, there being already 

 another genus of animals called Triton. It differs from the Salamandra 



* I'-ir.st indicated tiy Wicdcrslicini in Dcr KopCslitdct dcr ITniddcn, I'l. vi, i\'^. HI. 



tTliis was (irst shown inc liy Dr. I'".. IL (ialt in one ol'Iicr disscclioM.s. 



t I'rodromo do soixantc-dix nonvcanx jrcnn'.H d'aninianx dcco;! verts dans I'intc^rieiir 

 desfilats Unis d'Anu'ri(|tn', dnrant I'aniUMi H18. 



(iiAiinals of Xatnn; or Annual Synopsis of n<'\v Genera of Animals, I'lanls, etc., Dis- 

 covered in Xortli America, by C. .S. lialhie.stiuc, Transylvania University, Le.\iiijj;ton,. 

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