FRESH-WATER REPTILES AND INSECTS. 



allude to the animal life of this kind most serviceable in 

 an Aquarium for private purposes. The first one and the 

 best one, to our taste, is : 



The Crimson-spotted Triton (Millepundatus) , often 

 called the Water Newt, and by many the Eft, or the 

 Evet. No fresh-water tank can be said to be perfect 



Crimson-spotted Triton (Millepunctatus). 



without this droll and playful creature. He is to be fotmd 

 in ponds and similar localities, but readily accustoms him- 

 self to any place where he enjoys comfortable accom- 

 modations and good treatment. Nothing could be more 

 nimble, more eccentric, more curious than his movements, 

 as, now balancing himself upon a leaf, now treading 

 water in the centre of the tank, now darting headlong 

 towards the bottom, and anon dashing gallantly to the 

 surface and creeping like a pigmy crocodile to the top of 

 a projecting rock as if for observation, his symmetrical 

 proportions are displayed to the greatest advantage. He 



