470 ADDENDA. 



space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, very indis- 

 tinct in non-desiccated specimens. Fingers with a rudiment of 

 web, toes half webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles moderate ; 

 a very small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip of the snout, or between the latter and the eye. Skin smooth 

 above, granulate beneath ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Blue-green or purplish above, generally uniform, sometimes with 

 small black spots ; a purplish-brown streak on canthus rostralis and 

 generally on postocular fold ; loreal region white, uniform or with 

 purplish-brown spots, or purplish brown, dotted or not with whitish ; 

 arms, and generally forearms, colourless ; thighs with a stripe of 

 pigment on their upper surface. Male with an external subgular 

 vocal sac, situated on the thoracic region. Prom snout to vent 

 23 millim. 

 S. India. 



a. Many spec. : $ , 2 , & hgr. Manantoddy. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



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 8 a. NANNOBATRACHUS. 



Pupil erect. Tongue free and nicked behind. Vomerine teeth. 

 Tympanum hidden. Fingers and toes free, the tips dilated into 

 small disks. Outer metatarsals separated by a groove. Omo- 

 sternum and sternum slender, cartilaginous. Terminal phalanges 

 bifurcate. 



India. 



Closely allied to JVyctibatrachus. 



1. Naimobatraclius beddomii. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups behind the level of the 

 . choame. Habit stout. Snout short, rounded, without canthus . 

 (scJ/e/l 6y.£c*Jt /rostralis : intororbita l npaoa narrow, much narrower than the ^fm-i^ueA'* 1 ^ 

 ofcat*'/ oyolid . Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; toes moderate, 

 ' with a slight rudiment of web ; disks and subarticular tubercles 



very small ; a very indistinct inner mctatai'sal tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation reaches the tip of the snout, or not quite so far. Skin 

 quite smooth. Brown above, variegated with darker ; generally a 

 more or less defined light band on each side of the back ; limbs 

 cross-barred ; whitish beneath, immaculate. From snout to vent 

 20 millim. 

 Malabar. 



a-b. S • Malabar. Col. Beddome [C. J. 



c. Several spec, <$ $ . Tiimevelly. Col. Beddome [C.J. 



