ART. 25 CHINESE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES STEJNEGER 7 



spotted, while all the very young ones, 25 mm. and under, are like- 

 wise unspotted. 



The chief color difference, therefore, seems to be the blackish lat- 

 eral band in continuation of the lower blackish edge of the parotoid, 

 which appears to be fairly constant in the adults of the eastern form. 

 The alleged larger size and greater distinctness of the tympanum is 

 not particularly noticeable in the series before me. On the other 

 hand, the length of the first toe as compared with the adjoining 

 metatarsal tubercle is relatively greater in the Chinese specimens 

 than in the European ones examined by me. 



A series of seven specimens collected by Graham at Tatsienlu, 

 between 8,500 and 12,000 feet altitude, is particularly interesting. 

 They are rather dark in color with the whole underside, except 

 throat, darkly marbed and spotted. The tympanum is rather small, 

 but the first toe is characteristically long. A close comparison with 

 specimens of corresponding sex and age from Shanghai has not re- 

 vealed any differences. 



The specimens of this form now in the Museum in addition to 

 those listed in the Herpetology of Japan are as follows : 



46617. Sliaiiiiliui, collected by D. C. Jansen. 



49642-3. Vicinity of Tai-yuan-fu, Shausi. A. de C. Sowerby. 



52353, 52355-6. Southern Manchuria, Yalu River, about 180 miles from its 



mouth. A. de C. Sowerby. 

 52566-8. Kiangyin, Kiangsu Prov. L. I. Mofifett. 

 53369. Manchuria, Hei-Hong-Chiang, Sungari River near its junction with 



the Amur. A. de C. Sowerby. 

 60879-80. Chili, Hsin-Lung-Shan, near Imperial Hunting Grounds. A. de 



C. Sowerby. 

 €5216-24. Shanghai. A. de C. Sowerby. 

 65339-40. Shanghai. A. de C. Sowerby. 

 66340-^7. Shanghai. A. de C. Sowerby. 

 66461-2. Hangchow, Chekiang. A. de C. Sowerby. 

 66542-6. Tatsienlu, Szechwan (8,500-12,000 feet alt.). D. C. Graham. 

 66646-7. Tatsienlu, Szechwan (11,500 feet alt.). D. C. Graham. 

 66790-1. Suifu, Szechwan. D. C. Graham. 



66852. Nanking. C. Ping. 



66853. Wenchow. C. Ping. 



BUFO BANKORENSIS Barbour 



1908. Bufo bankorensis Baebour, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 51, no. 12, 

 April, 1908, p. 323 (type-locality, Bankoro, Central Formosa; cotypes. 

 No. 2432 Mus. Comp. Zool., Owstou collection) ; Proc. New England Zool. 

 Club, 4, November, 1909, p. 55, pi. 6. — Stejnegeb, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 38, May 3, 1910, p. 94. 



Like the many Formosan species, related to Himalayan forms, 

 which have turned up in China, the presence of this toad or a closely 

 allied form might have been predicted. Nevertheless, it is very 



