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1835. Rana vittigera Wiegmann, Nova Acta Acad. Leop. Carol., vol. 17, 

 pt. 1, p. 255 (part: specimens from Macao, China, Berlin Mus. No. 3270). 



1856. Rana rugosa Liciitenstein and Martens, Nomencl. Amph. Mus. 

 Berol., p. 38 (Cliina) (not of Schlegel). 



1860. Rana tigrina Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliiladelphia, 1860, 

 p. 504 (Hongkong) (riot of Daudin). — Steindachner, Reise Novara, 

 Zool., vol. 1, Amph., 1862, p. 17 (part: Hongkong).— Botjlenger, Cat. 

 Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 26 (part: Shanghai, Ningpo ; Formosa). — 

 Boettger. Offenbach. Ver. Naturk., 24-25 Ber., 1885, p. 130 (Canton) ; 

 Kat. Batr. Mus. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 1894, p. 137 (Hongkong).— 

 Parexti and Picaglia, Atti Soc. Natnr. Modena, Mem. (3), vol. 5, 1886, 

 p. 90 (Hongkong market). — Werner, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., II KL, vol. 

 22, pt. 2, 1903, p. 358 (Shanghai). — Wolterstorff, Abh. Mus. Magdeburg, 

 vol. 1, 1906, p. 130 (Pingshang, Kiangsi ; Canton; Kiukiang ; Shanghai). — 



Gee, Journ. N. China Asiat. Soc, vol. 50, 1919, p, 184 (Sooehow). 



1861. Hydrostentor pantherinus Fitzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 Math. Nat. KL, vol. 42, p. 414 (nomen nudum). 



1862. Rana tigrina, var. pantherina Steindachner, Reise Novara. Zool., 

 vol. 1, Amph., pi. 1, figs. 14-17 (Hongkong).- — Boulekger, Rec. Indian 

 Mus., vol. 20, 1920, p. 21 (Burma, Siam, French Indo-China, China, and 

 Formosa). 



1907. Rana tigerina Stejneger, Herp. Japan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 58, 

 p. 139 (part: Hongkong; Formosa); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 38, 

 1910, p. 96 (Formosa). — Barboxjr, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 40, No. 

 4, 1912, p. 128 (Ichang, Hupeh). 



1910. Rana hurkilli Annandale, Rec. Indian Mus., vol. 5 (p. 79) (type- 

 locality, Tavoy, Tenasserim ; type, in Calcutta Mus. ) . 



1918. Rana tigrina, var. hurkiUi Boulenger, Rec. Indian Mus., vol. 15, 

 April, 1918, p. 58 (Burma, Siam, China). 



Thanks to the painstaking investigations of Annandale and 

 Boulenger, the several species or subspecies clustering around the 

 old Rana tigerina^ their geographical distribution and nomencla- 

 ture, have now been fairly Avell cleared up. The synonymy of the 

 form occurring in China has therefore been rewritten as above and 

 should supersede that of the Herpetology of Japan (p. 139). 



In addition to the old specimens from Hongkong, the National 

 Museum now possesses the following from the Chinese mainland : 

 Nos. 46616, from Shanghai, collected by D. C. Jansen; three from 

 Shanghai (Xos. 66348-50) ; 33 from Foochow, Fukien, by Sowerby 

 (Nos. 65334-6; 66377-85; 66406-26); and one from Wenchow, 

 Chekiang, by Prof. C. Ping (No. 66846). 



Genus POLYPEDATES Tschudi 



The name Rhacophoriis has recentlj'^ been resuscitated for this 

 genus on the strength of a passage in a letter by Kuhl and van 

 Hasselt, in the Algemeene Konst- en Letter-Bode (Haarlem) 1822, 

 pt. 1, p. 104. This, however, is the original of the reference in 

 German translation -- to which I called attention in the Herpetology 



^Isis, 1822, p. 476. 



