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1885, p. 162 (part only: Ningpo) ; Kat. Batr. Mus. Senckenberg, 1892, 

 p. 23 (part: Dalanshan) ; Ber. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 1894, p. 149 

 (Dalaushan and Cbinhai, near Ningpo). — Werner, Abb. Bayer. Akad. 

 Wiss., II Kl., vol. 22, pt. 2, 1903, p. 370 (part only: Ningpo). 

 1920. Microhyla eremita Bakboue, Occas. Pap. Miis. Zool. Micbigau, No. 

 76, Marcb 1, 1920, p. 3 (type-locality, Nanking, Cbina ; type, aius. Comp. 

 Zool. No. 5114; Cora D. Reeves, collector). 



Sowerby collected a single specimen (No. 65338) at Slianohai. 

 Thanks to the courtesy of Dr. Barbour, direct comparison with one 

 of the paratypes of BI. ereinita^ recentlj' described by him from 

 Nanking has enabled me to verify the identification. The National 

 Museum also possesses several specimens (Nos. 52569-72) from 

 Kiangyin, Province of Kiangsu, half-way between Nanking and 

 Shanghai, presented by L. F. Moffett. 



MICROHYLA FISSIPES Boulenger 



1884. Microphyla fissijycs Boulengeb, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 13, 

 p. 397 (type locality, Taiwanfu, soutbern Formosa; type in British 

 Museum) ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 4, Dec, 1909, p. 495 

 (Kosempo and Kansbirei, Formosa.) — Boettger, Offenbacb. Ver. 

 Naturk., 24 und 25 Ber., p. 162 (Formosa). — Werner, Abb. Bayer. Akad. 

 Wiss., II Kl., vol. 22, pt. 2, 1903, p. 369 (Taiwan).— Stejneger, Herpet 

 Japan, 1907, p. 88 (Formosa) ; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 38, May 3, 



1910, p. 95 (Formosa).— VoGT, Sitz. Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 



1911, p. 181 (Formosa) ; 1914, p. 101 (Canton). 



Of this species, originally described from Formosa, and recorded 

 from southern China by Vogt in 1914, Mr. Sowerby has sent one 

 from Futsing (No. 65256) and three from Yen-ping-fu (Nos. 

 65303-65305). I have carefully compared them with a large series 

 from Formosa and can find no tangible difference. It is interesting 

 to note that just as this species seems to be found in Formosa in the 

 same locality as 31. hey?no7isi, so Mr. Sowerby's lot of M. fssipes from 

 Yen-ping-fu included also a specimen of M. heymorm. 



The discovery of these two species of Formosan Microhylas in 

 Fukien is in perfect harmony with the cloise zoogeographic relation- 

 ship of that island to the mainland. It Avill be recalled that in 

 my paper on the Formosan Batrachians and Reptiles" I came to tiie 

 conclusion that "all the [Formosan] batrachians which have 

 Himalo-Chinese affinities have differentiated into more or less dis- 

 tinct species, while those of southern affinities have remained prac- 

 tically unaltered in the island." As Microhyla is a distinctly south- 

 ern genus, with no Himalayan affinities, identity of the Fokien 

 species with the Formosan ones is not surprising. 



» Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 38, 1910, p. 93. 



