20 



SAIAMANDEID^. 



6. 9- 



Total length 93 '111 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 46 53 ,, 



Head 11 12 „ 



Width of head H 10^ „ 



Fore limb 18 19 ,. 



Hind limb 20 20 „ 



Tail 47 58 „ 



Japan, China. 



0-6. c? • Northern parts of Niphon. 



c-e. c?. Nagasaki. Prof. St. George Mivart [P.]. 



f-h.d2- Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely [0.]. 



i-l. c? ? • Japan. Leyden Museum. 



m. (J. Kiukiang Mountains, China. Mr. C. Maries [C.]. 



11. Molge sinensis. 



Cynops chinensis, (?my, Proa. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 229, pi. 19. f. 1 ; 



Oiinth. Sepi. Brit. tnd. p. 439. 

 Triton chinensis, Strauch, Salam. p. 61. 



Closely allied to the preceding species ; differs in the following 

 characters :-^Head widening more gradually ; canthus rostralis 

 strongly marked ; loreal region nearly vertical ; snout of male very 

 long. Sides of body with very prominent conical tubercles ; paro- 

 toids very small ; gular fold very strong. TaU table-knife-shaped 

 in both sexes. Upper parts uniform brown ; lower parts bluish 

 black, with small irregular yellow (red ?) spots ; lower edge of tail 

 uniform yeUow in the female, with yellow spots in the male ; latter 

 with a broad bluish band along the posterior two thirds of the tail. 



c?. ?. 



Total length 131 142 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 60 66 „ 



Head 16 16 „ 



Width of head 13 15 „ 



Fore limb 23 22 „ 



Hind Umb 22 24 „ 



Tail 71 76 „ 



China. 



a-b. (J ? . N.E. coast of China, inland Mr. Fortune [0.]. 



ofNingpo. (.Tj^es.) 



12. Molge torosa. 



Taricha torosa, Gray, Cat. p. 25. 

 Triton torosus, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, p. 12, pi. 21. f. 15; Strauch, 



Salam. p. 60. 

 Salamandi'a beecheyi, Gray in Griff. A. K. i. p. 107, and Zool 



Beechey's Voy. pi. 31. f. S. f , 



