500 ON TWO EUROPEAN SPECIES OF BOMBINATOR. [NoV. 16, 



under the fourth ; without gular pouches, the submaxillary (mylo- 

 hyoid) muscle being undivided. Upper surfaces without or with 

 very indistinct dark spots. Young with a pair of roundish light 

 spots or a light transverse band between the shoulders and another 

 on the middle of the body; these spots often more or less easily 

 distinguishable in the adult. Lower surfaces varying from sulphur- 

 yellow to orange, with irregular blackish or bluish-grey spots or 

 marblings ; the yellow colour usually predominates, and the blackish 

 markings may even be entirely absent. Tips of fingers and toes 

 yellow. Young very pale yellow inferiorly, with bluish-grey spots. 



Hab. I have myself collected this species in Belgium, where it is 

 very abundant in the province of Namur, and occurs also near 

 Tournay and Liege, in France near Bordeaux, in Rhenish Prussia, 

 and in the Tyrol near Salzburg, where it is found in great abun- 

 dance. 1 have at present before me living specimens from near 

 Frankfort on the Main, kindly given to me by Dr. Boettger. Mr. 

 W. WolterstorfF writes to me from Halle that this species is, in 

 Germany, restricted to more hilly districts ; he obtained it at 

 Tiefenort, near Eisenach, near Weismaiu and Muggendorf, between 

 Bamberg and Baireuth, and round the Starberger See, near Munich. 

 1 have examined spirit-specimens from the following localities : — 

 Hanover (Brit. Mus.), Goslar, Harz (Brit, and Berhn Mus.), Geneva 

 (Brussels Mus.), Hungary (Brussels Mus.), Brosteuii, Moldavia 

 (Brussels Mus.), and Dalmatia (Brussels Mus.). For several speci- 

 mens from San Romedio, S. Tyrol, and Marcellise, prov. Verona, 

 I am indebted to the kindness of M. de Betta, and for two from 

 Florence to Prof, Giglioh. 



2. BoMBiNATOR iGNEUs, Laur. (Plate L. fig. 2.) 



The length of the leg is less than the distance between the inner 

 metatarsal tubercle and the extremity of the fourth toe. No nuptial 

 excrescences on the toes. In the male, the submaxillary muscle is 

 divided into an anterior and a posterior portion, with a pouch on 

 each side between the two ; this vocal pouch does not communicate 

 with the mouth through any opening, but tlie skin of the floor of 

 the mouth is loose and plicate, and capable of distention during the 

 inflation of the sides of the throat. Greyish or olive above, with 

 distinct symmetrical blackish or bottle-green spots; sometimes the 

 whole or part of the upper surfaces washed with green ; usually a 

 pair of pale green roundish spots between the shoulders. Lower 

 surfaces bluish black with white dots and bright orange or vermilion 

 insular spots ; tips of fingers and toes black. Young coloured like 

 the adult. 



Hab. This species is common near Berlin, whence I obtained 

 numerous specimens during a recent stay in that city. I also got it 

 at Dresden, and I received some years ago specimens from Brostenii, 

 Moldavia, together with B. bombinus ; these specimens are in the 

 Brussels Museum, where I have recently compared them with the 

 Berlin examples. Dr. Boettger received it from near Bitterfeld. 

 Mr. Wolterstorff, who was so kind as to send me specimens from 



