ixALUS. 485 



79. Ixalus vittatns. 



Ixalus vittatus, Boiileng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) v, 1887, p. 421, pi. iv, 

 fig. 2. 



Snout pointed, scarcely longer than the diameter of the orbit ; 

 canthiis rostralis obtuse ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril 

 slightly neai-er to the end of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. Fingers 

 Asith a rudiment of \\eb ; toes three-fourths webbed ; disks well 

 developed ; a very feeble inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, granular on the belly 

 and under the thighs. Yello\\ish above, closely speckled with 

 brown ; the specks densest on the side oh" the head, \\here they 

 form a dark-er baiul jiassing through the eye : a broad yellowish- 

 M'hite lateral band, continued forwards as a narrow line along the 

 edge of the upper eyelid and the canthus rostralis to the tip of the 

 snout, where it unites with its fellow on the other side ; lo\\er 

 surfaces white. 



Trom snout to vent 1 inch. 



Hah. Bhamo, Upper Burma. 



80. Ixalus pulcher. 

 Ixalus pulcher, Boulenf/. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 469, 



Snout slightly pointed, a little shorter than the diameter of the 

 orbit ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region very slightly concave; 

 nostril nearer to the tip of the snout tlian to the eye ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum small, indistinct. 

 Fingers with a rudiment of web ; toes half or two-thirds webbed ; 

 disks well developed : a very small inner metatarsal tubercle. The 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout or between the 

 latter and the eye. Skin smooth above, granular on the lielly and 

 under the thighs ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Green (blue 

 or purple in spirit) above, usually uniform, sometimes with small 

 black spots ; a purplish-brown streak on canthus rostralis and 

 usually on temporal fold ; loreal region white, uniform, or with 

 purplish-brown spots, or purplish brown uniform or dotted with 

 whitish ; arms, and often forearms, colourless ; thighs colourless 

 except a green stripe on their upper surface. Male with an external 

 vocal sac, situated on the thoracic region. 



From snout to vent 0-9 inch. 



Hah. Manantoddy, Wynaad. 



81. Ixalus femoralis. 



Ixalus femoralis, Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 434, pi. xxvi, fig. D ; Botdencj. 



Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 101. 

 Ixalus pulchellus, Giintlt. A. M. N. H. (4) ix, 1872, p. 88. 

 Ixalus ferg-usonii, Gimth. A. M. N. H. (4) xvii, 1870, p. 379. 



Snout rounded, hardly as long as the diameter of the orbit ; 



