DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEW FROGS. 431 



above (in spirit), with a broad, white, black-edged band on each side, 

 from the eye to the groin, continued as a narrow streak on the edge 

 of the upper eyelid and on the canthus rostralis, joining its fellow on 

 the tip of the snout ; sides of body and thighs with black dots ; limbs 

 with regular dark cross-bars ; lower parts white, with a few small black 

 spots on the throat. 



From snout to vent 27 millim. 



A single specimen from Kandy, received from Mr. Haly, late 

 Curator of the Colombo Museum. it!, mierotympanum, Gthr., is the 

 nearest ally of this new species. 



IXALUS HALYI. 



Snout rounded, a little shorter than the diameter of the orbit ; canthus 

 rostralis distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril a little nearer 

 the end of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 uppar eyelid ; tympanum distinct, rather more than half the diameter 

 of the eye. Fingers free, toes half- webbed ; disks well developed, a 

 little smaller than the tympanum. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the eye. Upper parts rugose ; a raised ridge along the vertebral line, 

 crossing another on the interorbital region ; a strong fold from the eye to 

 the shoulder. Throat, belly, and lower surface of thighs coarsely 

 granulate. Reddish-brown above, with ill-defined darker markings on 

 the head and body and cross-bars on the limbs ; loreal region dark- 

 brown ; sides and lower parts white. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 28 millim. 



A single specimen from Pattipola, Ceylon, received from Mr. Haly, 

 after whom the species is named. 



