216 L. STEJNEGER. 



end of Formosa, and in the Pescadores in the channel between 

 Formosa and China. 



Class. Batrachia. 

 Ord. Ecaudata. 



Fam. Biifonidœ, 



1. Bufo meranostictus Schneider. 



Five specimens from Taipa (No. 26) and five from Giilan 

 (No. 25) seem to indicate that this addition to the fauna of 

 Formosa is common enough. The specimens seem to be quite 

 typical of the species which is generally distributed from India 

 to the Malay Archipelago, the Philippines and Southern China. 



Fam. JRanidœ, 



2. Rana longicrus, sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Of the R. temporaria group. Snout long, 

 pointed, distance from tip of snout to eye much greater than 

 horizontal diameter of orl)it ; nostril nearer the tip of the nose 

 than the eye ; tympanum two-thirds the diameter of the eye ; 

 tip of first finger not beyond second ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 large, outer one barely indicated ; no knob-like protuberance 

 on inner side of thumb ; legs extremely elongate, the distance 

 from anus to tip of longest toe twice as great as length of head 

 and body together ; tibio-metatarsal joint of extended hind leg 

 reaching beyond the tip of the snout by the width of the head 

 at the centre of eye ; knee joint of adpressed limb reaches the 

 axilla. 



Type. — Science College Museum, Tokyo, No. 26. Taipa, 

 Formosa ; Sep. 1896 ; T. Tada coll. 



