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Show 500 ON TWO EUROPEAN SPECIES OF BOMBINATOR. [Nov. 16, under the fourth; without gular pouches, the submaxillary (mylohyoid) muscle being undivided. Upper surfaces without or with very indistinct dark spots. Young with a pair of roundish light spots or a light transverse band between the shoulders and another on the middle of the body; these spots often more or less easily distinguishable in the adult. Lower surfaces varying from sulphur-yellow to orange, with irregular blackish or bluish-grey spots or marblings ; the yellow colour usually predominates, and the blackish markings may even be entirely absent. Tips of fingers and toes yellow. Young very pale yellow inferiorly, with bluish-grey spots. Hab. I have myself collected this species in Belgium, where it is very abundant in the province of Namur, and occurs also near Tournay and Liege, in France near Bordeaux, in Rhenish Prussia, and in the Tyrol near Salzburg, where it is found in great abundance. 1 have at present before m e living specimens from near Frankfort on the Main, kindly given to me by Dr. Boettger. Mr. W . Wolterstorff writes to me from Halle that this species is, in Germany, restricted to more hilly districts; he obtained it at Tiefenort, near Eisenach, near Weismaiu and Muggendorf, between Bamberg and Baireuth, and round the Starberger See, near Munich. I have examined spirit-specimens from the following localities:- Hanover (Brit. Mus.), Goslar, Harz (Brit, and Berlin Mus.), Geneva (Brussels Mus.), Hungary (Brussels Mus.), Brostenii, Moldavia (Brussels Mus.), and Dalmatia (Brussels Mus.). For several specimens from San Romedio, S. Tyrol, and Marcellise, prov. Verona, I am indebted to the kindness of M . de Betta, and for two from Florence to Prof. Giglioli. 2. BOMBINATOR IGNEUS, Laur. (Plate L. fig. 2.) The length of the leg is less than the distance between the inner metatarsal tubercle and the extremity of the fourth toe. No nuptial excrescences on the toes. In the male, the submaxillary muscle is divided into an anterior and a posterior portion, with a pouch on each side between the two ; this vocal pouch does not communicate with the mouth through any opening, but the skin of the floor of the mouth is loose and plicate, and capable of distention during the inflation of the sides of the throat. Greyish or olive above, with distinct symmetrical blackish or bottle-green spots; sometimes the whole or part of the upper surfaces washed with green; usually a pair of pale green roundish spots between the shoulders. Lower surfaces bluish black with white dots and bright orange or vermilion insular spots ; tips of fingers and toes black. Young coloured like the adult. Hab. This species is common near Berlin, whence I obtained numerous specimens during a recent stay in that city. I also got it at Dresden, and I received some years ago specimens from Brostenii, Moldavia, together with B. bombinus ; these specimens are in the Brussels Museum, where I have recently compared them with the Berlin examples. Dr. Boettger received it from near Bitterfeld. Mr. Wolterstorff, who was so kind as to send me specimens from |
