450 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF FROG OBTAINED 



BY Mr. H. S. FERGUSON IN TRAVANCORE, 



SOUTHERN INDIA. 



By G. A. Boulenger. 



( Read before the Bombay Natural History Society on 8th December, 1891.) 



IXALUS TRAVANC0RICUS, Sp. M. 



Snout rounded as long as the diameter of the orbit ; can thus 

 rostralis obtuse ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril much nearer 

 the end of the snout than to the eyes ; interorbital space broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. Fingers free ; toes 

 one-third webbed ; disks well developed ; metatarsal tubercle flat, 

 very indistinct. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin 

 smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs. Cream-colour 

 above, minutely dotted with black ; some larger black dots scattered on 

 the back and on the tibia ; a black streak from shoulder to shoulder 

 round the snout, passing through the eyes and the nostrils ; a blackish 

 streak on each side of the anterior half of the back ; a narrow band or 

 pigment along the upper surface of the femur ; belly white ; the other 

 parts colourless. 



From snout to vent 31 millim. 



This species is described from a single sjDecimen, a gravid female, 

 obtained by Mr. H. S. Ferguson at Bodanaikanur, Travancore, at 

 the foot of the hills on the Eastern side in May, 1891. 



ON THE VALUE OF THE PLANT PANGALA 



{POGOSTEMON PARVIFLORUS) IN CASES OF BITES 



BY THE PHURSA SNAKE {ECHIS CARINATA). 



By Brigade-Surgeon W. Dymock (Retired). 



( Read before the Bombay Natural History Society on 8th December, 1891.) 



Pogostemon parviflorus, Benth, is a plant of the subtropical 

 Himalayas and Deccan Peninsula. It hardly differs from P. pur- 

 purascens, and is very closely related to P. plectranthoides, P. glaber, 

 and the variety suaveis of P. Patchouli. It does not appear to be 

 mentioned by Sanskrit medical writers, but has a popular reputation 



