\H AKKIV FÖR '/AHilAHil. HAND 2. N:() 20. 



Tlic speoimcns Keem latlicr well agrce with (J(jpe's de- 

 Kcription of thJH specicH, though the missing of figure maken 

 me somcvvliat donhtful, vvlictJicr th(;y are to be referred 

 to it. 



In sonie eawes it is v(;iy difficult to decide to vvhich spe- 

 ries of this (;onfuH(;d genus the different individuals are to 

 be counted, most of the numerous species being founded on 

 the different eolour as structural character, a difference of 

 very little vahje as for tlu; frogs. A strict revision of this 

 genuH grounded on comparisons between the type-specimens 

 and a sufficient number of individuals from different places 

 seems to be of grcat need. 



Megalixalus fornasinii (Jntr. 



Three specimens of the typieal appearance. Any »scat- 

 tered tubereles>> cannot be spöken of, which Werner ' also 

 remarks as regards })is specimens. To the naked eye the skin 

 seems to be (juitc sniootJi, f)ut fee})ly granulated under a 

 magnifying glass. 



The hmgths of th<' specimens are 2('., 19, and lO mm. 

 from snout to vent. 



Hylambates rufus Reich. ^ 



AVkknku: Vcr/f. zool. hot. Geaellsch. Wien JHfJS. M. 48, p. 195. 

 IM.TKMs: Muiudsher. Ak. Wissensrh. Berlin 187^), p. '205. pl. 2, tig. 

 1. (II. noUdus). 



Of 2() specimens Ixiloiiging to this genus 1 have ranged 

 if) under //. auhryi A. Dum. and the rest under H. rufu-s 

 Reich. 'IV> this hitter species I also reckon three specimens 

 vvhich, as far as I am aware, are identical with Werner's - 

 Jlylambates hrevirostris, a form which. I think, cannot main- 

 tain its ])!ace as a distinct species. 



(Joncerning the character which Werner seems to con- 

 sider the chief one, viz. the projecting nose with the nostrils 

 visible underneath, we find it (|uitc distinct in these three 



' Verh. zool. l)ot. (icMellHcli. VVi.Mi ISiJ5. Hd. 4H, p. I<.».1. 

 •• loc. (it. 



