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from Transylvania, I entrusted a few pairs to the care of" 

 Mr. S. Ling, in the Natural-History Museum, who succeeded 

 in rearing some twenty lai'Vie, from which I am able to draw 

 up the following description as a supplement to Dr. von 

 Bedriaga's valuable contribution in the ' Zoologisclier An- 

 zeiger' for 1891. 



M. Montandoni is more nearly allied to M. palmata than to 

 any other species, but it is not without a certain superficial 

 resemblance to M. aliicstriSy especially the female. The larva, 

 however, resembles more that of M. alpestris than M. pal- 

 mata in its physiognomy as well as in technical characters ; 

 but it differs from both species in their normal condition in 

 liaving the contour of the tail more obtuse, as in Sala- 

 mandra maculosa. 



Larva of Molge Montandoni. 



Habit short and stout, the distance between fore and hind 

 limbs not twice the width of the head. Eye moderate, its 

 diameter equalling or very slightly exceeding its distance 

 from the nostril, which equals the internarial width ; upper 

 eyelid about half as wide as interorbital space, which is a 

 little greater than internarial space. Digits not mucronate. 

 Dorsal crest well developed, originating between the gills. 

 Ten or eleven costal grooves between axilla and groin. Tail 

 measuring less than half the total length, twice and a half to 

 three times as long as deep, its terminal outline rounded or 

 very obtusely pointed. Upper parts, including the gills, very 

 dark, almost black, through crowding of the black dots ; a 

 series of small, round, yellowish spots along the lateral line \ 

 tail closely and uniformly spotted with blackish ; belly trans- 

 parent, rosy, spotless ; iris golden, more or less obscured by 

 blackish dots. 



Total length 27 millim. ; from end of snout to anus 14 ; 

 length of head 5 ; width of head 4 ; from axilla to groin 7 ; 

 depth of tail 4. 



The larva is figured above, twice natural size. 



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