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  still 
  very 
  incompletely 
  ascertained, 
  specimens 
  being 
  

   known 
  from 
  England 
  (Cambridgeshire 
  and 
  Norfolk), 
  

   the 
  Rhine, 
  Upper 
  Bavaria 
  (Matzing), 
  the 
  province 
  

   Saxony, 
  Austria 
  near 
  Vienna, 
  Hungary 
  (Szamos- 
  

   Ujvar 
  and 
  Hermannstadt), 
  Piedmont, 
  and 
  probably 
  

   other 
  parts 
  of 
  Italy 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  Sicily, 
  where 
  it 
  occurs 
  

   according 
  to 
  Camerano. 
  A 
  specimen 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  

   from 
  Malta, 
  which 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Zoological 
  

   Society, 
  was 
  probably 
  imported 
  from 
  Italy 
  or 
  Sicily. 
  

   To 
  my 
  surprise 
  I 
  captured, 
  in 
  September, 
  1895, 
  a 
  few 
  

   specimens 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  pond 
  at 
  Berchem-St.-Agathe, 
  

   near 
  Brussels. 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  previously 
  met 
  with 
  that 
  

   form 
  in 
  Belgium. 
  I 
  again 
  came 
  across 
  the 
  same 
  

   variety 
  in 
  April, 
  1897, 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  at 
  Mesnil-St. 
  -Blaise, 
  

   near 
  Givet, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  abundant, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  

   typical 
  form 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  absent. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  also 
  lately 
  ascertained 
  its 
  presence 
  near 
  

   Paris. 
  Whilst 
  looking 
  over 
  M. 
  Lataste's 
  collection 
  I 
  

   was 
  struck 
  by 
  a 
  female 
  specimen 
  from 
  Bondy 
  which 
  

   belongs 
  to 
  this 
  variety, 
  and 
  which 
  I 
  find 
  had 
  not 
  re- 
  

   mained 
  unnoticed 
  by 
  the 
  excellent 
  herpetologist 
  to 
  

   whom 
  we 
  owe 
  its 
  discovery 
  in 
  France. 
  Although 
  he 
  

   had 
  quite 
  correctly 
  estimated 
  its 
  relationship 
  to 
  the 
  

   Italian 
  form, 
  the 
  name 
  under 
  which 
  he 
  designated 
  

   it* 
  can 
  hardly 
  have 
  precedence 
  over 
  that 
  proposed 
  by 
  

   Camerano, 
  who 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  precise 
  definition 
  

   of 
  this 
  frog 
  and 
  assign 
  it 
  its 
  correct 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  

   system. 
  The 
  same 
  form 
  had 
  also 
  been 
  named, 
  and 
  

   in 
  a 
  certain 
  way 
  defined, 
  by 
  Bonaparte 
  in 
  1839 
  as 
  

   " 
  Bana 
  fluviatilis, 
  Rusconi, 
  artubus 
  brevissiinis, 
  colo- 
  

   ribus 
  luridis." 
  

  

  As 
  mentioned 
  further 
  on, 
  the 
  British 
  specimens 
  are 
  

   perhaps 
  introduced 
  from 
  Italy. 
  Now, 
  however, 
  that 
  

   the 
  habitat 
  of 
  the 
  var. 
  lessondd 
  is 
  known 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  * 
  " 
  J'ai 
  trouve 
  a 
  Bondy 
  une 
  jolie 
  variete 
  de 
  cette 
  espece, 
  plus 
  petite, 
  

   plus 
  dodue, 
  plus 
  vivenient 
  colorce, 
  rappelant 
  celle 
  qui 
  servit 
  a 
  Spallan- 
  

   zani 
  pour 
  ses 
  fameuses 
  experiences 
  sur 
  la 
  generation. 
  Du 
  moins 
  

   repond-elle 
  fort 
  bien 
  a 
  la 
  eourte 
  description 
  de 
  cet 
  Anoure. 
  A. 
  de 
  

   l'lsle 
  croit, 
  avec 
  Spallanzani, 
  que 
  cette 
  forme 
  merite 
  d'etre 
  specifique- 
  

   ment 
  distinguee, 
  et 
  lui 
  donne 
  le 
  nom 
  de 
  Bana 
  meridionalis." 
  — 
  Lataste, 
  

   'Act. 
  Soc. 
  Linn. 
  Bord.' 
  (4), 
  i, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  13. 
  

  

  