320 KANID.E. 



specimens from Tuscany and Umbria mentioned by 

 Bedriaga in his description of B. latastii must also 

 be identified with B. graeca. I have strong reason 

 to believe the species will be found all along the 

 Apennine chain, as Prof. Giglioli kindly informs me 

 a brown frog closely resembling II. latastii occurs 

 in the provinces Umbria, Rome, Terra di Lavoro, 

 Basilicata, and Calabria, at altitudes varying between 

 1300 and 3000 feet. It is to be hoped Prof. Griglioli 

 will soon be able to undertake a careful study of the 

 vast material at his command, and thus settle in a 

 more exact manner the range of the various species of 

 brown frogs in the Italian peninsula. 



Since the preceding lines were set up in type I 

 have received from Count Peracca, who is now 

 (March, 1898) on a collecting expedition in the 

 south of Italy, information as to the occurrence of 

 this species in the environs of Potenza, Basilicata. 

 We therefore feel justified in concluding that all pre- 

 vious references to B. tew/poraria and B>. latastii from 

 the Italian peninsula, south of Florence, are based 

 on specimens of B. grseca and B. agilis. 



The three specimens figured on PL XXII are from 

 Italy. I am indebted for them to Count Peracca. 

 The left-hand figure is taken from a male from Siena ; 

 the right-hand figures represent a female from Monte 

 Morello (Florence), and the aberrant male, from the 

 same locality, noticed above, p. 316. 



