3. MOtGE. 25 



Euproctus ruBconii, part., Bum. 8^ £ibr. p. 158. 



Calotriton punctulatus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 139. 



Triton platycephalus, part., Strauch, Salam. p. 60 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 



p. 64. 

 Euproctus pyrenseus, Lataste, Mev. Intei-n. Sc. ii. 1878, p. 496. 



Fronto-squamosal arch bony. Palatine teeth in two series in 

 contact anteriorly, diverging behind, thus forming a A-shaped figure ; 

 these series commencing on a line with the choanse. Tongue small, 

 elliptical, the sides slightly free. Head depressed, longer than broad, 

 its length contained thrice to thrice and a half in the length of the 

 body, the greatest width at posterior corners of eyes ; snout rounded 

 or truncate ; labial lobes well developed during the breeding-season. 

 Body rounded ; no crest. Limbs moderate ; fingers and toes de- 

 pressed, free ; sometimes the tips furnished with a black, corneous, 

 nail-like sheath ; no distinct carpal or tarsal tubercles. Tail as long 

 as head and body in the female, shorter and thicker in the male ; 

 the tail keeled above, but destitute of regular crest, ending in an 

 obtuse point. Anal opening circular ; cloaca of male eubglobular ; 

 of female much produced, conical, directed backwards. Skin more 

 or less strongly tuberculate above, smooth beneath ; a more or less 

 indistinct gular fold. Olive or blackish above, uniform or with- 

 yellowish spots, which may be confluent into a broad vertebral line ; 

 lower surfaces and lower edge of tail orange, with blackish spots, 

 the median zone of the belly generally immaculate. 



6. .?. 



Total length 100 104 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 54 52 



Head 13 12 



Width of head 11 10^ 



Fore limb 16 16 



Hind Umb 17 16 



TaU 46 52 



Pyrenees ; mountains of the Pyrenean peninsula. 



o-e. (5 5 . Pyrenees. 



d. 2 • Lower Pyrenees. 



17. Molge poireti. 



Triton poireti, Ch-ay, Cat. p. 18 (not specimens*). 

 ? Triton palustris, Poiret, Voy. Barhar. i. p. 290. 

 Triton poireti, Gervais, Bull. Soc. Sc. Nat. 1836, p. 313, and Ann. Sc. 



Nat. vii. p. 312 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 51. 

 ? Euproctus rusconii, Guichenot, Expl. Sc. Alg., Bept. p. 29, pi. 4. f. 2. 

 Triton nehulosus, Guichen. I. c. p. 30, pi. 4. f . 1. 

 Glossoliga poireti, Gervais, Ann. So. Nat. (3) xx. p. .313, pi. xv. f. 9. 

 Euproctus poireti, Bum. Sf Bibr. p. 160, pi. 107. 



Fronto-squamosal arch bony, thick. Palatine teeth in two slightly 

 curved series, approximating in front, forming a fl. Tongue rather 

 large, subcircular, extensively free behind and on the sides. Head 



» a=:M. waltUi; b=M. cristata. 



