492 engystomatidjE. 



Habit moderately slender. Snout obtuse, as long as the diam- 

 eter of the orbit or a little longer ; interorbital space broader than 

 the upper eyelid. Pingers rather slender, first much shorter than 

 second ; toes rather slender, with a slight rudiment of web ; tips 

 of fingei-s and toes swollen into A^ery small disks ; subarticular 

 tubercles very distinct ; two small, subequal metatarsal tubercles. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation i-eaches the eye, or between the latter 

 and the shoulder. Sldn smooth. Reddisli or greyish olive above, 

 \vith a large dark marking on the back, beginning between the 

 eyes and widening as it extends to the hind part of the body ; on 

 each side of this marking are undulating longitudinal dusky lines, 

 which may be absent ; a dark Ijand along the side of the head and 

 body ; limbs with dark cross bars ; throat and chest generally 

 greyish or j^rownish, dolled with white ; the remainder of the 

 lower surface whitish, immaculate. JNEale with a subgular vocal 

 sac. 



From snout to vent 1-1 inches. 



Hub. Kashmir, India generally, Ceylon*, Assam, Burma, 

 Southern China, and Indo-China. 



93. Microhyla berdmorii. 



Engystoma? berdmorei, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, 1855, p. 720. 

 Microhyla berdmorii, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 166. 



Habit slender. Snout obtuse, as long as the diameter of the 

 orbit or a little longer ; interorbital s]-)ace broader than the 

 upper eyelid. Fingers slender, with slightly swollen tips, first 

 much shorter than second ; toes long, webbed to the tips, which 

 are dilated into rather large disks ; subarticular tubercles very 

 distinct ; two very small metatarsal tubercles. Hind limb very 

 long, llie tibio-tarsal articulation reaching beyond the tip of the 

 snout. Skin smooth or \\-ith a few scattered indistinct tubercles 

 on the back and sides. Brownish, olive, or pinkish above ; a 

 darker, light-edged, hourglass-shaped large spot on the anterior 

 part of the back, beginning between the eyes, sometimes continued 

 on the hind part of the back ; black spots on the sides of the limbs 

 and occasionally on the flanks : a chevron-shaped black marking 

 on the anal region ; throat and chest clouded with brown ; the 

 remainder of the lower surface whitish, immaculate. 



From snout to vent 1-u inches. 



Hah. Pegu and Tenasserim ; also the Malay Peninsula, Mr. "W". 

 L. Sclater having recently communicated to me a specimen obtained 

 by Mr. Davison at Malacca. 



* Fduiid in nbundauce in Oevlon by the T)rs. S.arasin,/(/f F. Miiller. 



