CADUCIBRANCHIATA. IO7 



Baird and Girard (27, d) give a very imperfect de- 

 scription of this as follows : 



"Allied co T. toroso, gray, but smoother, having 

 but slight indications of granulations. Tail very much 

 compressed, with a fringe along the upper edge, and the 

 posterior half of the lower. Color above dark purplish 

 brown, beneath bright yellow, the line of demarkation 

 very distinct. Body 3 inches long; tail 4^" 



Habitat San Francisco. 



5 Notophthalmus Cliinensis, Gray. 



Synonyms, Cynops Chinensis, Gray. 



Color above olive brown, beneath bluish black, with 

 small, irregular, yellow spots on the gastraeum, and un- 

 der sides of the limbs ; tail yellowish on its under edge ; 

 sometimes gray above, margined with black ; skin gran- 

 ular; head and parotid glands similar to JV. -pyrrhogas- 

 ter\ size large. 



Habitat North Eastern Coast of China, inland from 

 Ningpo. 



