EHACOPHOEUS. 473 



uniform or speckled with darker ; humerus not coloured ; only the 

 outer finger and toe coloured ; a large black spot on each side 

 behind the arm, generally followed by a smaller one ; lower parts 

 white. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Prom snout to vent 2'5 inches. 



Hub. Kruisi Hills ; Assam. 



56. Rhacophorus malabaricns. 



Rhacophorus malabaricus, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 84 ; Bonleng. 

 Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 90, fig. 



Vomerine teeth in two straight or slightly oblique series 

 touching the inner front edge of the choana?. Snout subacuroinate, 

 as long as the diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; 

 loreal region concave ; nostril nearer the end of the snout than the 

 eye ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 three fifths or two thirds the diameter of the orbit. Fingers and 

 toes webbed to the disks, which equal the tympanum ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 eye or the nostril. Skin finely granular above, more coarsely 

 beneath ; granules under the thighs intermixed with larger ones ; 

 outer border of forearm and tarsus with a dermal fold; heel with 

 a triangular dermal process. Green above (purple in spirit), often 

 speckled all over with blackish ; lower parts whitish. 



From snout to vent 4 inches. 



Hob. Malabar. 



57. Rhacophorus beddomii. 



Rhacophorus beddomii, Bouleny. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 468. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choause, and 

 extending backwards a little beyond them. Snout subtriangular ; 

 canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril 

 equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital 

 space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum two fifths the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes webbed to the disks, which 

 are as large as the tympanum; subarticular tubercles moderate. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the anterior border of the eye. 

 Upper surfaces with very small smooth tubercles ; a fold from the 

 eye to the shoulder ; a slight fringe along the forearm and tarsus ; 

 beneath granular. Light reddish brown above, indistinctly 

 variegated with grey ; hind limbs rather indistinctly cross-barred 

 with grey. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1'9 inches. 



Nab. Calcad Hills, Tiunevelly (3000 feet). 



58. Rhacophorus lateralis. 

 Rhacophorus lateralis, Boulettg. A. M. N. H. (5) xii, 1883, p. 162. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique series between the choana?. 



