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and at Sultania in N.W. Persia, but confounded with 

 B. arvalis. I described it as a new species from speci- 

 mens obtained by Dr. Oscar Schneider at Lake Tali- 

 zhuri, 8000 feet, and at Achalkalki, in the Caucasus. 

 It has since been re-discovered in various parts of 

 Transcaucasia and Armenia, and I have recently re- 

 ceived from Dr. Radde a specimen captured in Europe, 

 at Kurush, Daghestan, at an altitude of 8000 feet. A 

 young specimen from Albistan, which I bad previously 

 referred to B. arvalis, also belongs to this species, and 

 others likewise from the Cilician Taurus (8000 feet) 

 have been described as B. holtzi. 



The three specimens, male and half-grown, figured 

 on PI. XIX, are from Kasikoporan, 6500 feet, in 

 Western Armenia, presented by Dr. G. Radde. 



16. Rana temporary.* 

 (Plates XX and XXL) 



Rosel, Hist. Run., p. 1, pis. i — viii (1758). 



Rana tem/poraria, part., Linnaeus. Syst. Nat., p. 357 (1766) ; 

 Daudin, Hist. Rain. Gren. Crap., p. 46 (1803), and Hist. 

 Rept., viii, p. 94 (1803) ; Dumeril & Bibron, Erp. Gen., viii, 

 p. 358 (1841); Middendorff, Reise, ii, p. 247, pi. xxvi, fig. 1 

 (1853); Giinther, Cat. Batr. Sal., p. 16 (1858); Schreiber, 

 Herp. Eur., p. 125 (1875) ; De Betta, Atti 1st. Venet. (6), iv, 

 1885, p. 45. 



Rana muta, Lanrenti, Syn. Rept., p. 30 (1768) ; Camerano, Mem. 

 Ace. Torin. (2), xxxv, 1883, p. 257, pi. i, figs. 9 & 10; Borelli, 

 Boll. Mus. Torin., i, 1886, No. 14 ; Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 Mosc., 1889, p. 278; Durigen, Deutschl. Aurpb., p. 437, pi. 

 iii, fig. 4 (1897). 



Rana rufa, Lacepede, Quadr. Ov., i, Syn. Metb. & p. 528 (1788). 



Rana temporaria, Bonnaterre, Tabl. Encycl. Metb., Erp., p. 3 

 (1789); Scbneider, Hist. Ampb., i, p. 113 (1799); Graven- 

 borst, Delic. Mus. Vratisl., p. 38 (1829) ; Bonaparte, Icon. 



* I use tbe name temporaria for tbe present species, altbougb the 

 diagnosis in tbe ' Fauna Suecica ' was evidently drawn up from R. 

 arvalis, because Linnaeus confounded tbe two species, both of which 

 are common in Sweden, as is perfectly clear from tbe synonymy given 

 in the ' Systema Naturae.' The first author who split up the Linnean 

 species, Nilsson, elected to retain tbe old name for the present one, which 

 may therefore bear it in accordance with the law of priority. 



