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over the eye ; a truncate band reaching from the snout to the eye ; extremities 

 banded and brown spotted ; two brownish bars on each side of the thighs poste- 

 riorly ; under parts white. 



Dimensions. Length of head 5 lines ; greatest breadth 4 ; length of head and 

 body 11 lines; length of anterior extremities 7 lines; of posterior 1 inch 10 

 lines. 



Habitat. Hong Kong, China. 



Rana nebulosa nob. 



Spec. char. Quite small, head rather broad posteriorly, extremities slender, 

 palatine teeth in two bunches between the internal nares ; tongue pyriform 

 free at the sides, and very much so posteriorly, notched behind ; tympanum 

 distinct; color brown above, skin smooth ; chin, throat and abdomen white or 

 grayish ; under part of extremities flesh colored. 



Dimensions. Length of head 4 lines ; greatest breadth 4 ; length of head and 

 body 10 lines ; of anterior extremities 6 lines ; of posterior 1 inch 1 line. 



Habitat. Hong Kong, China. 



Gen. remarks. The young no doubt of a larger animal. 



Rana gracilis Weig., Nova. Acta, vol. xvii., p. 257. 



Spec. char. Snout somewhat acute, supraciliary regions prominent ; nostrils 

 wide apart ; skin of the back thrown into longitudinal rugose folds ; body 

 slender; head long and rather broad posteriorly, posterior extremities stout; 

 color above brownish, dark spotted ; with transverse dark colored blotches upon 

 the back; a narrow longitudinal white line extending from the snout to the 

 posterior extremity of the body, absent in some specimens; webs of the hinder 

 extremities reaching to the base of the penultimate phalanx, except of the 4th, 

 where it reaches the base of the antepenultimate ; thighs and legs spotted and 

 banded with brown ; a series of longitudinal dark colored bars, broader below 

 the hips; under parts white. ^ 



Dimensions. Length of head 1 lines ; greatest breadth 5 ; length of head and_ 

 body 1 inch 2 lines ; length of anterior extremities 8 lines : of posterior 1 inch" 

 11 lines. 



Habitat. China, caught at Whampoa, June 1854, by Mr. Stimpson. 



Gen. remarks. According to Weigmann, this small species is found on the 

 island of Lucon as well as in China. They are used abundantly as an article of 

 food in both places, and captured by thousands, especially for the market of 

 Macao. 



Rana multistriata nob. 



Spec. char. Color greyish above, with transverse angular bars of a darker 

 color ; upper and lower jaw dark-spotted ; abdomen white ; length 1 inch 3 lines. 



Description. Head long, eyes not prominent, tympanum of moderate size, 

 tongue obcordate, hollowed posteriorly ; palatine teeth en chevron, between the 

 interior nares; anterior extremities slender, posterior ratber stout; color 

 greyish above, with transverse angular bars of a darker color upon the head 

 and body, one passing between the eyes, posteriorly prolonged en triangle; 

 thighs round and mottled with grey and white ; legs barred posteriorly with 

 black ; arms and forearms barred with black ; upper lip barred with dark 

 brown ; lower, brown spotted, the interior margin rounded ; chin mottled with 

 brown ; abdomen white, under parts of extremities plush color. 



Dimensions. Length of head 6 lines ; greatest breadth 5 ; length of head 

 and body 1 inch, 2 \ lines ; of anterior extremities 8 lines ; of posterior, 1 inch, 

 9 lines ; of thigh 6 lines ; of leg 6; of tarsus 3. 



Habitat. Hong-Kong, China. Two specimens. 



Oxyglossus Tschudi. 

 Oxydozyga Kuhl, MS. Rhomboglossus D. & B., MS. 



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