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  hylidjE. 
  

  

  occupying 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  lip; 
  the 
  

   second 
  upper 
  is 
  narrowly 
  interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   and 
  so 
  is 
  sometimes 
  the 
  third 
  lower; 
  the 
  first 
  lower 
  

   series 
  only 
  one-third 
  to 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second. 
  

  

  The 
  lines 
  of 
  muciferous 
  crypts 
  can 
  usually 
  be 
  traced 
  

   without 
  much 
  difficulty 
  : 
  a 
  loop-shaped 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  passing 
  above 
  the 
  nostril 
  and 
  border- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  eye 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  both 
  ends 
  nearly 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  lip 
  ; 
  and 
  another 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  body 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  muscular 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  tail. 
  

  

  Olive 
  above, 
  with 
  golden 
  gloss 
  ; 
  sides 
  with 
  golden 
  

   spots 
  ; 
  belly 
  white, 
  with 
  pearl-coloured 
  or 
  golden 
  

   spots 
  ; 
  muscular 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  yellowish 
  with 
  or 
  

   without 
  blackish 
  dots 
  and 
  frequently 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  

   black 
  line 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  ; 
  caudal 
  crests 
  whitish, 
  immacu- 
  

   late 
  or 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  profusely 
  dotted 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   grey 
  or 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  49 
  mm.; 
  body 
  16; 
  width 
  of 
  body 
  12; 
  

   tail 
  33; 
  depth 
  of 
  tail 
  15. 
  

  

  Tadpoles 
  of 
  the 
  var. 
  meridionalis 
  differ 
  in 
  having 
  

   the 
  second 
  series 
  of 
  upper 
  labial 
  teeth 
  more 
  broadly 
  

   interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  muscular 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  bordered 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  

   line; 
  these 
  two 
  lines, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  third 
  running 
  

   along 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  which 
  is 
  

   immaculate 
  or 
  but 
  scantily 
  spotted, 
  give 
  it 
  a 
  peculiar 
  

   appearance. 
  

  

  Camerano 
  has 
  described 
  tadpoles 
  of 
  the 
  var. 
  savignyi 
  

   from 
  Syria. 
  He 
  finds 
  them 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  typical 
  

   form 
  in 
  the 
  buccal 
  apparatus. 
  Some 
  specimens 
  re- 
  

   semble 
  the 
  var. 
  meridionalis 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  black 
  lines 
  on 
  

   the 
  muscular 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  whilst 
  others 
  are 
  quite 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  The 
  single 
  Syrian 
  tadpole 
  

   examined 
  by 
  me 
  is 
  distinguished 
  by 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  broad 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  stripes 
  along 
  the 
  muscular 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  being 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  elongate 
  spots. 
  Thus, 
  

   as 
  a 
  larva 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  perfect 
  state, 
  the 
  var. 
  

   savignyi 
  connects 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  

  

  