706 G. A. BOULRNGER 



Total length 580 millim. ; tail (injured) 90. 

 A single male specimen from Haveri. 



01. Pseudelaps muelieri, Schleg. — Moroka, Haveri, Bara Bara, 

 Fergusson I."' 



62. Diemenia psammophis, Schleg. — No locality. 



63. Pseudechis papuanus, Ptrs. & Doria. — Rigo. 



64. Micropechis ikaheka, Less. — Haveri. 



65. Acanthophis antarcticus, Shaw. — Inawi. 



BATRACHIA. 



ECAUDATA. 

 Ra.iiicla,e. 



1. Rana macroscelis, Blgr. — Haveri. Numerous specimens. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout or a 



little beyond. Males covered above with large tìat warts in ad- 

 dition to small granules; an external vocal sac on each side of 

 the throat, and a large oval gland on the inner side of the 

 arm. Brown above, uniform or with small yellowish s])ots or 

 vermiculations ; throat spotted or marbled with brown. 



The females, on which the species was founded, much resemble 

 /?. guppyij, differing in the larger tympanum and the disposition 

 of the vomerine teeth. Males differ very widely from those of 

 that species, which are devoid of vocal sacs and humeral glands ; 

 they show that R. macroscelis may be considered as a form 

 connecting the group to which R. grimniens and 7?. guppyi 

 belong with the section known as Ilylorana or Limnodytes. 



2. Rana papua, Less. — Haveri, Moroka, Bara Bara, Rigo, 

 Vikaiku. 



Some of the sj)ecimens bear on the sides of the body large 

 cysts formed by Dipterous larvae, much like those produced by 

 Batrachotnyia on tlie Australian frogs of the genus Psmdophryne. 

 I have not been able to obtain information on these larvae from 

 the entomological section of the British Museum. 



3. Cornufer corrugatus, A. Dum. Hara Bara. 



