138 CATJDATA. 



Cryptobrancfius diluvii-testis, Bronn 1 . 

 Hydrosalamcmdra prisca et primigenia, Leuckart 2 . 

 M egalobairachus scheuchzeri, Lydekker 3 . 



Larger than C. maximus of Japan, with a shorter and wider 

 skull, which approximates to that of C. alleghaniensis. Manus 

 larger than in 0. maximus. 



It is probable that in most cases the width of the skull is exag- 

 gerated by pressure. 



Pig. 28. 

 I 



i 

 2 



Cryptobranchus scheuchzeri. — The imperfect skeleton ; from the Upper Miocene 

 of (Eningen. Greatly reduced. 



Hab. Europe (Switzerland). 



The following specimens are from the Upper Miocene of (Eningen, 

 Switzerland. 



R. 963. Slab of rock, showing the greater part of an adult skeleton. 



{Fig.) Figured by Karg in the ' Denkschr. Nat. Schwabens/ 

 vol. i. pi. ii. fig. 3, as Lacerta ; and also by Cuvier in 

 the ' Ossemens Fossiles,' 2nd ed. vol. v. pt. 2, pi. xxv. 

 fig. 5, and pi. xxvi. fig. 1. Noticed by Meyer in his 

 ' Fauna der Yorwelt — Saugethiere etc. aus dem Molasse,' 

 p. 30. This specimen was originally in the collection of 

 Dr. Amnion of Schaffhausen. No history. 



42740. Slab showing the dorsal aspect of the skeleton of a half- 



grown individual, with the limbs imperfectly preserved. 

 The skull is less expanded than in the preceding specimen, 

 and is thus more like that of the existing species. 



Van Breda Collection. Purchased, 1871. 



42741. Slab showing the ventral aspect of the nearly entire 



skeleton of a young individual. The skull is extremely 

 expanded by pressure. Van Breda Collection. 



1 Lethaea Geognostica, vol. ii. p. 11G6 (1838). 



2 Froriep's Neue Notizen, vol. xiii. p. 19 (1840). 



3 In Nicholson and Lydekker's ' Manual of Palaeontology,' 3rd ed. vol. ii. 

 p. 1040 (1889). 



