480 RANIDJi. 



tip of the snout. 8kin smooth above, or with small warts ; a 

 narrow fold above the t_ympauum ; beueatli granular. Grej or 

 brownish above, spotted with blackish ; generally a dark curved 

 dorso-lateral band and a cross band between the eyes ; the dorsal 

 region sometimes dark brown with a light vertebral line ; limbs 

 with dark cross bauds ; sides of thighs dotted or marbled with 

 blackish ; throat frequent!}' bro\vn-dotted. Male with internal 

 vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 2 inches. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



71. Rhacophorus stictomerus. 



Ixalus stictomerus, G'dnth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 575, pi. Ixvi, tig. C. 

 Rhacophorus stictomerus, Bouleny. Cat. Batr, Sal. p. 78. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups close to the inner edge of 

 the choanoe. Snout rather pointed; canthus rostralis distinct; 

 loreal region nearly flat ; nostril nearer to the tip of the snout 

 than to the eve ; interorbital space scarcely broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 slightly, toes two-thirds webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles 

 moderate. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. 

 Skin smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs ; a fold 

 above the tympanum. Light brown above, with indistinct sym- 

 metrical markings ; loreal region darli brown, a l:)lack temporal 

 strealc ; limbs indistinctly cross-barred ; front and hinder side of 

 thighs minutely speckled with blackish. 



From snout to vent 1"3 inches. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



12. Rhacophorus fergusonii. 

 Rhacophorus fergusonii, Boideng. Cat. Batr, Sal, p. 82, pi. viii, fig. 3. 



Vomerine teeth in two very small groups close to the inner 

 front edges of the choanae. Snout subtriangular, as long as the 

 diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region 

 slightly concave ; nostril nearer to the tip of the snout than to the 

 eye ; interorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum half the diameter of the eye. Fingers with a rudiment 

 of \\"eb ; toes three-fourths webbed ; disks a little smaller than the 

 tympanum ; subarticular tubercles moderate. The tibio-tarsal ar- 

 ticulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. Upper 

 parts smooth ; a fold above the tympanum ; belly and lower surface 

 of thio-hs granular ; lower surface of forearm and tarsus tuber- 

 cular. Greyish above, indistinctly marbled with darker ; limbs 

 with dark cross bands ; throat speckled with brown. 



From snout to vent 1*5 inches. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



