VARIATIONS OF THE SrOTTED SALAMANUEU. 333 



not far from, the line of demarcation, as on Mt. Saleve in Savoy, 

 according to M. Ghidini, but possibly also in Italy near Rome, 

 where, according to Dumeril, the striped variety has been found 

 (yellow on the back, with three black stripes, and a few scattered 

 black spots on the limbs and belly) *. Further, a specimen 

 referable to the typical form from Ballenstedt, Anhalt, received 

 from Dr. Wolterstorff, one from the neighbourhood of Stuttgart, 

 received from Prof. Lamport, and six exceptional specimens 

 sketched by Mme. Phisalix : five from near Besangon, black 

 above with irregular yellow blotches on the back, and one from 

 Toulouse (Paris Museum), yellow above and beloAv with irregular 

 black markings on the back, a very aberrant specimen. One of 

 these specimens, from Beure, near Besangon, has been presented 

 by Mme. Phisalix to the British Museum, and is listed under 

 the head of forma typica, whilst six others from the same locality 

 appear inider var. tceniata, thus showing that in the French 

 Jura the latter variety is not so completely fixed as it appears 

 to be in the North of France and Germany and Belgium. 

 Five specimens are represented on text-fig. 101 : — 



a, fi-om Varese, Lombardy, is remai-kable for its small amoimt 



of yellow, and for its long and thin yellow vertebral stripe, 

 extending from the nape to over halfway down the back. 

 Sides and lower surface with only a few spots. 



b, from the Benider hills, Morocco, with a small number of 



large roundish spots on the back, has the left parotoid 

 entirely black. 



c, from Hiitteldorf , near Yienna, has a remai-kably large number 



of spots. Flanks and sides of belly spotted. 



d, from the neighbourhood of Prague, is a type with very 



irregular markings. Flanks and sides of belly with only 

 a few large spots. 



e, from Zebel, Bulgar Dagh, Asia Minor, has some of the spots 



ring-like, the yellow markings having a round black spot 

 in the centre. Sides profusely spotted. Lower surface 

 with many spots of small size. 



The specimen figured on Plate XV. is a male from Lugano, 

 Ticino, sent alive by M. A. Ghidini. 



II. The Varieties of the Spaniibh Peninsula. 

 (Vars. gallaica and 'molleri.) 



We have mentioned above that the var. tceniata occurs in 

 Spain and Portugal. Specimens of that form, with the yellow 

 colour predominating over the black, are stated to occur in the 

 Peninsula by Schreiber (27, p. 78), and Bedriaga (3, p. 108) 



* I am indebted to Mme. Phisalix for a sketch of this specimen preserved in the 

 Paris Museum. It is not unlikely, however, that the locality under which it 

 has been registered is erroneous, as neither de Betta (4), Camerano (6), nor Count 

 Peracca {in litt.) have come across the striped variety in any part of Italy. 



