3. MOLOE. ' 11 



This form is intermediate between, and perhaps a hybrid of, M. 

 cristata and marmorata. Some specimens approach the former; 

 others (and such are those in the British Museum) are nearer the 

 latter. 



I'ronto-squamosal arch ligamentous ; frontals with orjj^^ pro- 

 cesses. Palatine teeth forming a ^. Proportions oM 

 body intermediate between the two last-named spewe^^^^S 

 crest high, toothed. Green above, spotted or marbled ^mbrown ; 

 sides, and sometimes lower surfaces, with white punctulapon ; female 

 generally with an orange vertebral line ; orange or ^IfWnish orange 

 beneath, spotted with black ; breeding male wjth 'a silvery-white 

 band along the side of the tail. •• 



6. . 5- 



Total length 140 ' •/ 156 millim. 



From snout to cloaca ■ ■ ■ -j 7Jf ■ 78 „ 

 Head JF M 15 „ 



Width of head n;2i 13 „ 



Fore limb 27 25 „ 



Hind limb 30 26 „ 



TaU 70 78 „ 



N.W. France. 



0-6. cj?. Bretagne. Paris Museum [E.]. 



3. Molge marmorata. 



Triton marmoratus, Gray, Cat. p. 20. 

 ? Triton gesneri, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 38 ; Sohneid. Hist. Amph. p. 19. 

 Salamandra marmorata, Latr. Hist. Salam. p. 33, pi. 3. f. 2 ; Davd. 



Sept. viii. p. 241. 

 Hemisalamandra marmorata, Dugbs, Ann. So. Nat. (3) xvii. p. 261. 

 Triton marmoratus, Dum. Sf Bilr. p. 136, pi. 106. f. 1; Be I'lsle, 



Ann. Sc. Nat. (4) xvii. p. 364 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 46 ; Fatio, Vert. 



Suisse, iii. p. 632 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 43 ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. 



p. 331. 

 Pyronicia marmorata, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 137. 



Fronto-squamosal arch ligamentous ; frontals with distinct orbital 

 processes. Palatine teeth in two series converging towards front, 

 forming a ^, commencing on a line with the choanse. Tongue 

 small, elliptic, free along the sides. Head about as long as broad: 

 its length contained about thrice in the male, about thrice and a 

 half in the female, in the length of the body ; the greatest width of 

 head at eyes ; snout broad, rounded, depressed ; labial lobes well 

 developed during the breeding-season. Body rounded ; breeding 

 male with an elevated straight-edged dorsal crest abruptly sinking 

 on pelvic region ; a longitudinal groove in the female. Limbs 

 moderate ; fingers and toes free, depressed, rather slender in the 

 male, shorter in the female : carpal and tarsal tubercles very indi- 

 stinct. Tail as long as, or a little longer than, head and body, ending 

 in a point, strongly compressed during the breeding-season, and 



