17. spblekpes. 61 



Pseudotriton, Tsehudi, I. e. p. 94. 



Saurocercus, Fitz. Syst. Rept. i. p. 34. 



Batraohopsis, Mti. I. o. 



Cylindrosoma, part., Bum. ^ Bibr. p. 76. 



Bolitoglossa, I)um. §• Bibr. p. 88. 



Oedipina, £&ferst. Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 299. 



0-^\ohsitcaaixas,QTay,Ann.8f Mag.N.H. (4)ii.p.297; Cope,l.c. p.lOl. 



? Stereochilus, Cope, I. c. p. 100. 



Gyrinophilus, Cope, I. e. p. 108. ' 



Tongue supported by the glossohyal pedicel, boletoid, free all 

 round. Palatine teeth in two series converging backwards ; para- 

 sphenoid teeth in one or two elongate patches. Toes five. 



North and Central America ; three species in North-west South 

 America ; one in the West Indies. 



Synopsis of the Species. 

 I. Limbs weU developed. 



A. Fingers and toes free ; palatine teeth confluent with para- 



sphenoid patches. 

 15- 17 cosfal grooves ; no canthus rostralis ; 



red, black-spotted 1. ruber, p. 62; 



17 costal grooves ; no canthus rostralis ; 



almost black above, shaded with yellow ; 



a light, black-margined band from axilla 



, to groin 2. marginatus, p. 64. 



16 or 17 costal grooves ; canthus rostralis 



well marked; greyish brown above, canthus 



rostralis paler S.porphyriticus, p. 64. 



B. Fingers and toes free ; palatine teeth separated from para- 



sphenoid patches, not extending exteriorly beyond choanse. 

 13 costal grooves ; tail very long ; fingers 



and toes rather slender ; yellow, black- 

 spotted above ; beUy immaculate 4. longicauda, p. 64. 



13 costal grooves. ; tail very long ; fingers 



and toes short ; back with three black 



longitudinal bauds 5. guttdlineatus, p. 65. 



13 or 14 costal grooves ; tail hardly longer ^ 



than head and body, compressed ; yellow, 



with two latero-dorsal black lines 6. bilineatus, p. 66. 



21 costal grooves ; tail subround ; brown, 



dorsal region darker 7. multiplicatiis, p. 67. 



11 or 12 costal grooves ; tail round ; inner 



digits rudimentary, wing-like 8. chiropterus, p. 67. 



C. Fingers and toes slightly webbed ; palatine teeth separated 



from parasphenoid patches, extending exteriorly beyond 

 choanae. 

 11 costal grooves; inner toe not distinct; 

 uniform black 9. cephalieus, p. 67. 



