834 MR SCLATER ON TWO NEWTS FROM BRUSSA. [NoV. \7, 



" No. 1 was lost ; No. 2 I put in spirits and sent witli some 

 other things to the British Museum, somewliere about the 

 25th Marcli last. No. 3 I kept alive for some time and eventually 

 sent to the Society. I used to feed it on cockroaches by putting 

 an old butterfly-net over the cage, and turning in live or six cock- 

 roaches at a time. I noticed both that it used to make some 

 shocking bad shots at the animals and also (perhaps from confinement) 

 that the viscid matter at the end of the tongue seemed unal)le at 

 times to hold the insect. 1 think all three specimens were of about 

 the same size and colour when caught. No. 3 was generally of a 

 dark dull giey while in captivity, but got liappier when I gave him 

 a Parrot's, cage and some branching stems, and hung him up in a 

 creeper; he then sometimes assumed the green and reddish-brown 

 markings. They had all most villanous tempers, spitting and hissing 

 in an awful manner, and looked ferocious and alarming. I caught 

 No. 3 by giving him the stick of my- butterfly-net to hold in his feet, 

 and then catching him by the finger and thumb of the other hand ; 

 he had the comb over one eye and part of the crest broken, but 

 that was done before I caught him. No. 2 bit my finger, and his 

 hard bony jaws crushed the flesh considerably, and tore tlie skin 

 away when pulling him otf, as he would not let go. I do not think 

 I can tell you anything more about the habits etc. of this Lizard ; 

 but I hope these notes, such as they are, may be useful. 



"I caught an example of another speciesof Cliaineleon once at Aden, 

 I think March 30, 1884; it was about four inches long, of a dull 

 purple-red colour. I took this also at Huswah on Diptevijjjium 

 glaucum, and sent it in spirit to the British Museum, though not in 

 the same bottle as the big one." 



Mr. Sclater exhibited two Newts transmitted to the Society by 

 Dr. E. B. Dickson of Constantinople, Corresponding Member, by 

 whom they had been obtained from Brussa. Dr. Dickson gave the 

 subjoined descriptions of the colours of the specimens when alive. 



" These Salamanders when alive were covered all over with green 

 spots and had four stripes along the underparts of their bodies. 

 The upper and third stripe were narrow, and of a dusky-green hue ; 

 between them there was a broader stripe of a silvery-white colour 

 and undeineath them all a broader band of an orange colour, 

 which constituted also the colour of the under surface of the bellv. 

 Eyes round : iris golden, tinged with dusky. The tail large, of a 

 lanceolate form and dotted with dark spots ; the upper ones of a 

 lighter shade than the lower ones. These spots are separated into 

 two horizontal rows by an extension of the silvery band which exists 

 on the body of the animal. A high crest extends from the muzzle, 

 in front of the eyes, to the root of the tail, and contains sixteen upright 

 rays of a greenish hue, ending in points. The intervals between the 

 rays, are dotted with spots. ' Semender' is the Turkish name for 

 these Salamanders." 



Mr. Boulenger had kindly determined these specimens to be 

 Molc/e viitata (Cat. Batr. Grad. 2nd ed. 1882, p, 13). 



